Can you lead the neonatal screening of all newborns in Denmark for serious congenital disorders and facilitate early treatment, thus preventing serious permanent injury of the child?

We are looking for a visionary medical leader with strong research competencies and documented experience with research management, who can foster an internationally recognized research environment for neonatal research.

About the Department of Congenital Disorders
Statens Serum Institute (SSI) is under the auspices of the Danish Ministry of the Interior and Health. Our mission is to perform neonatal screening and prevent congenital diseases through research-based surveillance, diagnostics and scientific advice.

Since 1981 the Institute has screened all newborns in Denmark for congenital disorders based on the analysis of dried blood spot samples taken a few days after birth. The Department of Congenital Disorders plays an important role in delivering evidence to support SSI’s surveillance and response within the field of congenital diseases. The Department also has a long-standing tradition of research and is internationally recognized as a leader within pregnancy and congenital disorders. The Department conducts basic research focusing on genetic, epi-genetic, metabolomic and molecular disorders by analyzing dried blood spot samples. We are focusing on the causes of congenital disorders including metabolic disorders, developmental disorders, asthma, cancer, cardiac disorders, infections and neuropsychiatric disorders.

SSI has an extensive collection of dried blood spot samples going back to 1982, and access to Denmark’s wide range of nation-wide administrative and health care registers and databases as well as a national birth cohort and a national biobank. These data resources provide unique opportunities for large-scale research projects within the strategic aims of Statens Serum Institute.

About the Position
We are looking for a strong leader with a background in research who can contribute to the Statens Serum Institute’s strategic research agenda and play an active role in fundraising.

You will refer to the Executive Vice President of Biobank, Digital Infrastructure and High Capacity Diagnostics and will be a part of the management group at SSI.

The Department of Congenital Disorders has approx. 50 employees including statisticians, medical doctors, bioinformaticians, mathematical modelers, PhD students and Postdocs. The Department also supervises graduate students for their master thesis and has a wide range of national and international collaborators.

The Department is divided into three sections with focus on congenital disorders; Genetic and epi-genetic analysis, protein and peptide analysis and metabolomics.

Your tasks will be the following:

• Responsible for forming the strategic direction of the research activities in the Department
• To strengthen and develop the research through scientific and personal coaching of the employees
• To strengthen and maintain research collaborations with national and international partners
• Daily management of the Department
• Fundraising
• Responsible for the budget of the Department

Your Background, Professional and Personal Qualifications

We expect that you have a relevant education within life science/medicine and congenital disorders and extensive experience with research as well as fundraising.

We expect that you have experience from international research environments and have strong management skills including the ability to conduct long-term strategic planning. You are ambitious, dedicated and innovative, have relational competencies and can motivate your employees.

Terms of Employment
You will be employed according to ”Rammeaftalen om kontraktansættelse af chefer i staten”. The position is in group 1/pay scale 37 and will be on a fixed-term contract of 5 years.

Further Information
For further information about the position, please contact Executive Vice President Anne-Marie Vangsted or CEO Henrik Ullum by writing to Anne Møller axm@ssi.dk.

Application and Recruitment Process
Click ”Søg job” and send us your application with a CV, a publication list and diplomas. Interviews will be conducted in week 23 and 24. A personality test is included in the application process if you are invited for a second interview.

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