Member Engagement Coordinator International Anesthesia Research Society IARS

With more than 7000 members, the International Anesthesia Research Society supports the global anesthesia community through research funding, education, publications, and professional collaboration. As Member Engagement Coordinator, you will play a key role in connecting members, non-members, and volunteers to a wide range of engagement opportunities, ensuring that participation is accurately tracked and reported, and supporting IARS staff with the data needed to strengthen recruitment, retention, and engagement projects.

Reporting to the Marketing and Member Engagement Director, you will manage the membership database, monitor participation across IARS offerings, and prepare reports used to analyze trends and inform staff decision-making. You will support day‑to‑day membership and marketing operations, including processing new‑member and renewal activity, maintaining accurate member records, managing the general inquiries inbox, and assisting with the weekly member newsletter and email outreach campaigns.

You will also provide logistical support for the Membership Committee and subcommittees, including scheduling, coordinating agendas, taking minutes, tracking action items and follow‑ups, and supporting the onboarding of new committee members.

This position offers a pathway to build foundational skills to support future career growth through broad exposure to database management, communications, and member services. You’ll regularly interact directly with IARS’s membership, volunteers and senior staff and be closely involved in the implementation of a new association management system this year. As the team’s database management lead, you’ll help to establish core engagement metrics and reporting workflows that will shape how IARS connects with the anesthesia community for years to come.

• This is a fully remote role with standard 9-5 hours in your local time zone. Some early morning or evening hours may be required to accommodate communication with stakeholders across multiple time zones. Some domestic and international travel is required for the annual meeting (1 week) and occasional training.
• The budgeted salary range for this position is $65K – $80K with an outstanding benefits package including generous PTO, medical, dental, and vision coverage, disability and life insurance, a 403(b) with 10% employer contribution, and paid membership to ASAE.

• Support the recruitment of new members, the retention of current members, and strategies to re‑engage lapsed members.
• Coordinate affiliate society membership discount processes annually; periodically review journal affiliate society websites to ensure IARS membership content is up to date; provide updated information or corrections to affiliate societies when necessary.
• Administer monthly hard copy membership renewal mailings.

• Manage join and renew membership activities, process lockbox membership payments, maintain and update member types, invoices and notices.
• Manage the general inquiries email; respond promptly and professionally to all emails.

• Track member participation in programs, events, and committees.
• Serve as the organizational point person for membership database protocols and best practices; ensure data integrity and troubleshoot issues.
• Provide the monthly member report for journal distribution to the publisher’s Society Manager by the due date. Work with the Society Manager to resolve A&A delivery and online access problems quickly.
• Generate regular and ad hoc membership and engagement reports. Support benchmarking efforts.
• Document membership management processes.
• Manage and update contact lists, including the international anesthesiology society list, anesthesiology department list, affiliate society contacts, and volunteer and committee lists.

• Support the Membership Committee and subcommittees, including meeting scheduling, preparing agendas and materials, taking minutes, and coordinating follow‑up actions such as project goals,…