How To Become A Center Coordinator: What It Is and Career Path

What is a center coordinator and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

4 min read

Quoted expert

Brian Starr Ph.D.

A Center Coordinator may have all kinds of responsibilities, based on where and how they work. Generally, their work boils down to organizing and overseeing departments within a larger company or organization, acting as representatives of the company when dealing with clients and business partners, and plan activities and events involving subordinates.

They may also have to deal with media agencies and marketing, create new content to be shared and posted, prepare annual and monthly reports on finance and administrative successes, goals, and tasks, and craft and organize new projects and new research. They might also be tasked with creating a budget and a timeline for specific programs, cooperating with other administrative employees, and applying for funding.

The Center Coordinator will generally need to have a mix of education, such as a Bachelor's degree and years of experience in a field relevant or closely tied to the industry within which the company works.

What's a day at work look like for a center coordinator?

Brian Starr Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Economics, Lubbock Christian University

In some ways, it will look like a typical workday before the pandemic began. Practices refined and inculcated in the workplace over the past few decades will not all go by the wayside. But I suspect some things in the post-pandemic world will look significantly different. More people will work from home, as employees substitute a bit more work or leisure time for the commute and as employers look to reduce rent payments on office space. More meetings will be held online, particularly those which would be logistically challenging or financially costly to host in person. This will bring the benefit of flexibility to a new generation of workers, but it will also challenge them in new ways to find an appropriate balance between work and leisure. Those distinctions can blur when your home is also your office.

ScoreCenter CoordinatorUS Average

Salary

3.2

Avg. Salary $40,825

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level

8.0

Growth rate 12%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity

4.2

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.64%

Asian 5.28%

Black or African American 9.77%

Hispanic or Latino 19.13%

Unknown 4.73%

White 60.45%

Gender

female 67.41%

male 32.59%

Age - 48

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 48

Stress level

8.0

Stress level is high

7.1 - high

Complexity level

8.7

Complexity level is advanced

7 - challenging

Work life balance

6.2

Work life balance is fair

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become a center coordinator

Explore center coordinator education requirements

Most common center coordinator degrees

Bachelor's

59.2 %

Associate

16.3 %

Master's

13.0 %

Start to develop specific center coordinator skills

Skills	Percentages
Customer Service	21.65%
Patients	15.66%
Patient Care	7.14%
Data Entry	4.41%
CPR	4.00%

Complete relevant center coordinator training and internships

Accountants spend an average of 6-12 months on post-employment, on-the-job training. New center coordinators learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a center coordinator based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real center coordinator resumes.

Research center coordinator duties and responsibilities

Manage daily logistics operations, assist other logistics coordinators as needed with any issues/concerns regarding 3rd party carriers and/or movements.
Scan all checks and vouchers into OPEX machine.
Clear reconciliation differences on ACH payments for IRA accounts.
Supervise in the absence of the coordinator teen court clients and volunteers.

Prepare your center coordinator resume

When your background is strong enough, you can start writing your center coordinator resume.

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Apply for center coordinator jobs

Now it's time to start searching for a center coordinator job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

Browse job boards for relevant postings
Consult your professional network
Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
Watch out for job scams

How do center coordinators rate their job?

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Center coordinator reviews

A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2022

Pros

The company I work for is it very small company but very generous to its employees. Has great benefits that start out right away wonderful training programs. And does a great service for our community.

Cons

I I wish the wages were a little higher.