Community center director vs volunteer leader

The differences between community center directors and volunteer leaders can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a community center director and a volunteer leader. Additionally, a community center director has an average salary of $59,380, which is higher than the $29,309 average annual salary of a volunteer leader.

The top three skills for a community center director include community outreach, CPR and community engagement. The most important skills for a volunteer leader are leadership, community outreach, and ministry.

Community center director vs volunteer leader overview

	Community Center Director	Volunteer Leader
Yearly salary	$59,380	$29,309
Hourly rate	$28.55	$14.09
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	43,915	32,066
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 59%	Bachelor's Degree, 72%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	6	6

Community center director vs volunteer leader salary

Community center directors and volunteer leaders have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Community Center Director	Volunteer Leader
Average salary	$59,380	$29,309
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $108,000	Between $22,000 And $37,000
Highest paying City	East Palo Alto, CA	-
Highest paying state	California	-
Best paying company	Westside Regional Medical Center	-
Best paying industry	Education	-

Differences between community center director and volunteer leader education

There are a few differences between a community center director and a volunteer leader in terms of educational background:

	Community Center Director	Volunteer Leader
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 59%	Bachelor's Degree, 72%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Northwestern University

Community center director vs volunteer leader demographics

Here are the differences between community center directors' and volunteer leaders' demographics:

	Community Center Director	Volunteer Leader
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 43.7% Female, 56.3%	Male, 37.1% Female, 62.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.5% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 14.5% Asian, 5.2% White, 62.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 10.3% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 14.4% Asian, 5.2% White, 63.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	14%	14%

Differences between community center director and volunteer leader duties and responsibilities

Community center director example responsibilities.

Manage delivery of quality early childhood education programs by establishing an environment of learning and maintaining the integrity of the programs.
Implement systems to more collaboratively and effectively develop department and area budgets for staff payroll, operations, and capital projects.
Represent the university in various environments addressing the HIV epidemic in Virginia.

Volunteer leader example responsibilities.

Organize and lead week-long community service trips and participate in leadership training.
Coordinate PowerPoint presentations, handout materials and gift bags for association member meetings.
Recognize by leadership for substantially improving welcoming processes which result in an increase in return participants and new participants.
Serve in consecutive positions of increase responsibility requiring strong interpersonal skills, extensive administrative, maintenance, and logistics backgrounds.
Facilitate activities including reading, basketball, and kickball

Community center director vs volunteer leader skills

Common community center director skills

Community Outreach, 15%
CPR, 9%
Community Engagement, 9%
Social Work, 7%
Strategic Plan, 7%
Facility Maintenance, 5%

Common volunteer leader skills

Leadership, 34%
Community Outreach, 17%
Ministry, 7%
Role Model, 6%
Mathematics, 5%
Bible Studies, 5%

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