Scientific Coordinator for the Danish Research Center for Cancer Surgery - ACROBATIC

Do you want to help strengthen the future of cancer surgical research in Denmark?

Do you have experience with research coordination, project management and scientific communication – and are you motivated by creating collaboration across disciplines and institutions?

Then you may be our new scientific coordinator at the Danish Research Center for Cancer Surgery – ACROBATIC.

We are looking for an engaged and structured scientific coordinator for a permanent part-time position of 30 hours per week with start on 1 December 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.

About ACROBATIC

The Danish Research Center for Cancer Surgery – ACROBATIC is a national research center established with support from Knæk Cancer via The Danish Cancer Society and anchored in the Danish Comprehensive Cancer Center (DCCC).

The center works to strengthen research, collaboration and knowledge sharing in cancer surgery across Denmark.

The goal is clear: to cure more patients with cancer and improve quality of life after their cancer operation.

ACROBATIC functions as a national umbrella organization that creates strong frameworks for cross-disciplinary and cross-regional research collaboration within four clinical focus areas, spanning across the many cancer types where surgery constitutes a significant part of the treatment. The research ranges widely and includes, among other things:

• prehabilitation and risk stratification
• optimization and reuse of surgical methods across cancer forms
• experimental surgery
• robotic surgery
• personal follow-up and survivorship
• metastatic disease

The center collaborates with researchers, clinicians and institutions across the country and supports a strong inter- and multidisciplinary research environment.

About the position

As a scientific coordinator you will play a central role in the day-to-day operation and further development of the center. You will work closely with the center director, Professor Lene Hjerrild Iversen, as well as the center's Steering Committee and Management Board.

Your primary tasks

Leadership and project support

• create an overview of the center's activities, progress and milestones
• coordinate follow-up on decisions and ensure implementation and deadlines
• prepare materials for center leadership, the steering committee and partners
• collect and convey input from researchers and partners

Coordination and networking

• facilitate collaboration between research groups, hospitals and universities
• act as contact point for the center's researchers and partners
• coordinate cross-cutting initiatives and activities

Communication and dissemination

• develop content for website, newsletters and social media
• convey research results and activities to different target groups
• support the center's visibility nationally and internationally

Events and activities

• plan and hold annual meetings, workshops, symposia and retreats
• coordinate programs, participants and practical execution
• ensure structure, minutes and follow-up on meetings

Grant applications, finances and reporting

• contribute to the preparation of grant applications
• prepare reporting to foundations and grant providers
• coordinate input from researchers and partners
• follow up on grants and have an overview of finances and deadlines
• work with the financial staff on budget and follow-up

Your competencies

It is required that you

• have a relevant academic background - preferably a PhD in health sciences, natural sciences or equivalent
• have solid experience with research projects and project management
• have strong communication skills - both oral and written in Danish and English and on social media.

Experience with cancer research and grant applications is an advantage.

In terms of personal qualities, we are looking for a colleague who can balance a high level of independent responsibility with a willingness to join a team where we pull together. A colleague who

• works in a structured and independent way
• thrives in complex collaborations with many stakeholders and is motivated to create coherence, progress and strong relationships
• is collaborative, proactive, good at creating overview – and flexible regarding tasks and working hours.

We offer

• a central role in a national research center with great professional significance
• a strong research environment with dedicated collaborators across the country
• a high degree of independence and the opportunity to influence the center's development
• a diverse position with both strategic and practical tasks
• a meaningful job with direct impact on the future of cancer treatment

Your future colleagues – and the shared office space

You will work daily in the Research Unit at the Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery at Aalborg University Hospital. We are located in a well-functioning office community with secretaries, dietitians, doctors, professors and department heads for the Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery and the Department of Medical Mucosal and Bowel Diseases – and you will thus be among about 75 colleagues.

Your colleagues and research center partners in day-to-day operations will be the center management, but you will also have colleagues around the country through our Management Board.

There will periodically be travel activity in connection with meetings and conferences, but with good notice and with the possibility to plan this.

Place of employment

The position is anchored in the Research Unit at the Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery at Aalborg University Hospital.

Your primary workplace will be

Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Research Unit, Aalborg University Hospital, Hospitalsbyen 1, 9260 Gistrup.

The department is one of the country’s largest surgical departments and has an active research environment.

Further information

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact the center leader, Professor Lene Hjerrild Iversen, tel.: +45 4034 6665.

Application deadline

The application deadline is Thursday, 22 October 2026 at 23:59.

We expect to conduct recruitment interviews on Tuesday, 10 November 2026.

Salary and terms of employment

Salary and employment conditions are in accordance with the applicable collective agreement.

We encourage all qualified candidates to apply - regardless of gender, age, ethnicity or background.

Application deadline: 22 October 2026

Department: Hospitalsbyen 1 9260 Gistrup

Location: Aalborg University Hospital