Would you like to join the Danish Heart Association's board of directors? And are you an active volunteer with the Danish Heart Association? - Hjerteforeningen

The Danish Heart Association

Would you like to become a member of the Danish Heart Association's board? And are you an active volunteer in the Danish Heart Association?

When the Danish Heart Association's representative assembly meets in 2027, a new member shall be elected to the Danish Heart Association's board. If you are an active volunteer in the Danish Heart Association and would like to influence the association's development through board work, read on here.

The Danish Heart Association's board oversees the overall management of the association and consists of 13 members. Our board is elected by the Danish Heart Association's representative assembly and is composed as follows: Four members must be active in local associations / clubs, four must have experience from public life broadly, and four members must have a health professional background. Finally there is also a staff-elected member on the board.

All board members in the Danish Heart Association must act independently of special interests, professional groups or geography and are elected for a 3-year term. The work on the Danish Heart Association's board is unpaid.

The vacant board position is in the category “active in local association or club.” This means you must be an active volunteer in the Danish Heart Association in order to be eligible to stand. You must, for example, be a board member in one of our local associations or clubs or be affiliated as a volunteer to one of our activities, e.g. as Walk With host, Heart Rescue instructor or patient or relative support. You must also be a member of the Danish Heart Association.

About you

To be considered you must

• be an active volunteer in the Danish Heart Association and a member of the association
• have the desire and ability to actively contribute to the Danish Heart Association's strategic development
• be able to safeguard the Danish Heart Association's overall interests and work independently of special interests
• be willing to bring perspectives, views and ideas into the board's work and be a bridge to the Danish Heart Association's local associations, clubs and activity volunteers.

We would like to see that you have

• experience with or understanding of board work in a larger company, foundation or association
• knowledge of or experience with life as a heart patient or a relative
• experience from voluntary work in other organizations or associations
• knowledge of or experience with how digitalisation and AI can be used to develop the organization's work, and/or with attracting, engaging and retaining members and subscribers
• knowledge of or interest in health policy and a desire to contribute to the Danish Heart Association's health policy work in Denmark.

About the board position

• The board position is personal as is the responsibility.
• Board members must safeguard the organization's overall interests and purpose and act independently of special interests, including special interests in specific areas, professional groups or geography.
• Board members cannot have a fixed connection to pharmaceutical companies. In accordance with the Danish Heart Association's guidelines for cooperation with the business sector, fixed involvement such as being a member of advisory boards or similar roles with fixed remuneration.
• A candidate for the board must be a member of the Danish Heart Association.
• The board work is unpaid.
• The board holds about 5 annual meetings plus an annual strategy seminar.
• The board has the overall responsibility for the organization's strategic direction as well as responsibility to support management in its daily work and to supervise the organization's legal and financial obligations and other activities.
• The board position is described in more detail in the governance rules for the Danish Heart Association's board.

The process

If you are interested and meet the described qualifications, you should send an application and a short CV. You upload the material through the link on this page.

Deadline for submission of application and CV: 20 November 2026

The board's nomination committee will thereafter review the applications received together with the recruitment agency Odgers. Selected candidates will be invited for an interview in January 2027. On the basis of the interviews, the nomination committee will then propose one candidate to the board for approval. The nominated candidate is expected to receive a final answer in February 2027, and the formal election will take place at the Danish Heart Association's representative assembly meeting on 22 May 2027.

When selecting, emphasis is placed on the Danish Heart Association's statutes, the board's overall competency needs and composition, and consideration of renewal, continuity and diversity.

Please note that by submitting your application and CV you consent to the Danish Heart Association sharing your information with Odgers in the recruitment process, and that you may be contacted by them for further information.

You can see our board here: Organisation - Danish Heart Association

You can find the Danish Heart Association's statutes here: Statutes - Danish Heart Association

You can find our key figures and annual reports here: Finance – Danish Heart Association

If you have questions, you are welcome to contact the CEO Morten Ørsted-Rasmussen or the chair Lars Frederiksen via [email protected].