Community organization director vs volunteer leader

The differences between community organization 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 organization director and a volunteer leader. Additionally, a community organization director has an average salary of $65,612, which is higher than the $29,309 average annual salary of a volunteer leader.

The top three skills for a community organization director include leadership development, public speaking and business development. The most important skills for a volunteer leader are leadership, community outreach, and ministry.

Community organization director vs volunteer leader overview

	Community Organization Director	Volunteer Leader
Yearly salary	$65,612	$29,309
Hourly rate	$31.54	$14.09
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	15,318	32,066
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 75%	Bachelor's Degree, 72%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	6	6

Community organization director vs volunteer leader salary

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

	Community Organization Director	Volunteer Leader
Average salary	$65,612	$29,309
Salary range	Between $43,000 And $98,000	Between $22,000 And $37,000
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Differences between community organization director and volunteer leader education

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

	Community Organization Director	Volunteer Leader
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 75%	Bachelor's Degree, 72%
Most common major	Political Science	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Northwestern University

Community organization director vs volunteer leader demographics

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

	Community Organization Director	Volunteer Leader
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 57.1% Female, 42.9%	Male, 37.1% Female, 62.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.7% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 14.8% Asian, 5.2% White, 63.1% 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 organization director and volunteer leader duties and responsibilities

Community organization director example responsibilities.

Manage all event planning, reunion programming, donor stewardship and in-house publications for UR alumni.
Coordinate alumni benefits program, including travel and marketing services.
Focus on ISO9001 and [] compliance as well as CSC service delivery model.
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 organization director vs volunteer leader skills

Common community organization director skills

Leadership Development, 24%
Public Speaking, 18%
Business Development, 15%
Community Outreach, 8%
Organizational Development, 7%
Strategic Partnerships, 5%

Common volunteer leader skills

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

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