Head of the Management Secretariat at AUH

Do you want to lead a professional support of the top management at one of Denmark's largest university hospitals?

Aarhus University Hospital is in an important development phase. The Health and Hospital Management is expanding from four to six directors to ensure even stronger strategic leadership in an increasingly complex organisation. Therefore we are establishing a new management secretariat around the Health and Hospital Management.

As the head of the Management Secretariats, you will help develop the Management Secretariat from a traditional secretariat function into a modern management secretariat that supports the hospital's top management with high quality, decisiveness and coherence.

You will have a rare opportunity to lead a significant organisational development task close to the hospital's top management. At the same time you will become a central advisor and sparring partner for directors and staff heads and you will be responsible for creating the structures, processes and collaborations that will support the Health and Hospital Management at AUH.

About the position – a key position in the development of AUH's management support

The Management Secretariat plays a central role in cross-hospital coordination and has an important bridge-building function between the Health and Hospital Management, the Hospital Staff and the rest of the organisation. The Management Secretariat is often crucial for tasks to be shaped, grasped, coordinated and completed in a timely manner. Therefore the Management Secretariat is not merely a supporting function, but also a significant driver of progress in the hospital's most important tasks across the organisation.

As the leader you will be responsible for building and leading the new Management Secretariat. You will be responsible for the Secretariat's 10 employees, for the Secretariat's operations and development, and you will have a central role in AUH's strategic engine room.

Your main task will be to create a strong and coherent management support for the Health and Hospital Management. You must understand the directors' needs and translate them into well-functioning processes, clear decision bases and efficient coordination.

You must ensure that the Management Secretariat is experienced as professional, coordinated and value-adding across the Secretariat's functions.

The ambition is to create a strong and coherent Management Secretariat, which makes it easier for the Health and Hospital Management to focus on the hospital's operations, development and strategic priorities.

Your main tasks

The position combines people management with active participation in selected development and management-support tasks. The concrete task portfolio will develop in step with the establishment of the Management Secretariat and in dialogue with the upcoming leader.

The starting point is two main areas

Management and organisational development of the Management Secretariat

The Management Secretariat is in the process of developing from the traditional chief secretary function into a more proactive management-supporting function, while a number of administrative and cross-cutting specialist tasks are gathered into common support functions. In addition, the directors are supported by strategic management partners who drive selected strategic processes and development tasks for the directors. A central part of the task will therefore be to establish and develop the new functions and to lead the development of a unified Management Secretariat.

The task therefore includes

• people management of the Management Secretariat's employees
• development of roles, workflows and common standards for the Secretariat's tasks
• development of professionality, competences and collaboration across the Secretariat
• prioritization and coordination of resources in relation to the Secretariat's tasks and development initiatives.

Strategic management support of the Health and Hospital Management

Support the Health and Hospital Management through coordination, process management and executive support.

• drive or coordinate cross-cutting development tasks in close collaboration with directors, staff heads and strategic management partners
• contribute to planning and execution of meetings, seminars and development activities
• ensure progress and follow-up on cross-cutting decisions and initiatives.

A strong leadership profile who can shape future management support at the hospital

We imagine that you have a relevant academic education and experience with leadership and/or organisational development, preferably from a staff, secretariat or similar function in a larger and complex organisation. Experience from the health sector is an advantage, but the crucial is that you can navigate securely in a complex politically governed organisation with many agendas and stakeholders.

A substantial part of the task consists of creating common direction and results through relationships, dialogue and coordination. You must therefore be able to create followers and momentum, also when you do not have the formal leadership mandate.

We are looking for a leader who

• has experience with leadership or strategic management support close to a board or top management
• has strong organisational understanding, strategic view and political acumen
• can create direction, relationships and momentum in complex development and collaboration processes
• has experience with organisational development and implementation of changes
• can create structure, prioritisation and overview in an organisation with many collaboration interfaces
• combines assertiveness and integrity with a collaborative and relationship-building approach.

We offer

You will get the opportunity to

• make your mark on the future support of the hospital's top management
• a newly established leadership position with great strategic significance
• close collaboration with and advisory support of the Health and Hospital Management
• a central role in the development of a new Management Secretariat
• the combination of people management, organisational development and strategic management support
• opportunity to both lead and personally drive selected development tasks
• to become part of a strong leadership community across the staff with around 15 leadership colleagues. You will therefore not only be responsible for the development of the secretariat but also contribute to the overall development of the staff and the support of Aarhus University Hospital.

About the Management Secretariat at AUH

The Management Secretariat is being established as a single secretariat around the Health and Hospital Management with in total about 10 employees. The head of the Management Secretariat reports to the staff managers.

The Management Secretariat handles both classic secretariat tasks and supports complex and strategic management, development and coordination tasks. In addition to secretariat support and support for the Health and Hospital Management as well as staff managers, the Management Secretariat manages the hospital's main inbox, coordinates freedom of information requests and supports cross‑cutting, strategic management forums.

The Management Secretariat is organised with a strong coordinating function (professional coordinator), which supports the daily coordination and task solving across the Secretariat's employees.

The Management Secretariat shall support the Health and Hospital Management's joint work and decision-making processes and ensure strong coherence between administrative, coordinating and strategic management support. The ambition is to create a robust, professional and future-proof support for the hospital's top management.

Practical information

Salary and employment terms

Salary and employment terms in accordance with the applicable collective agreement.

Application deadline

The application must be received by Sunday, 15 November 2026 at the latest.

Interviews

• interview held on Thursday, 19 November 2026.
• interview held on Monday, 23 November 2026.

Further information

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact Stabschef Gitte Riis-Holm at email [email protected] or send an SMS to 3052 0275, and we will call you back.

The position is fundamentally a full-time position.

As Region Midtjylland continually implements savings and reorganisations, employees in reallocation who apply for the position will have priority.

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