Community service director vs youth volunteer

The differences between community service directors and youth volunteers 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 service director and a youth volunteer. Additionally, a community service director has an average salary of $67,390, which is higher than the $34,031 average annual salary of a youth volunteer.

The top three skills for a community service director include mental health, social services and community outreach. The most important skills for a youth volunteer are youth development, community outreach, and community services.

Community service director vs youth volunteer overview

	Community Service Director	Youth Volunteer
Yearly salary	$67,390	$34,031
Hourly rate	$32.40	$16.36
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	21,590	4,582
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 64%	Bachelor's Degree, 70%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	6	6

Community service director vs youth volunteer salary

Community service directors and youth volunteers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Community Service Director	Youth Volunteer
Average salary	$67,390	$34,031
Salary range	Between $39,000 And $114,000	Between $27,000 And $42,000
Highest paying City	Framingham, MA	-
Highest paying state	Massachusetts	-
Best paying company	Splunk	-
Best paying industry	Health Care	-

Differences between community service director and youth volunteer education

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

	Community Service Director	Youth Volunteer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 64%	Bachelor's Degree, 70%
Most common major	Business	Psychology
Most common college	Northwestern University	Northwestern University

Community service director vs youth volunteer demographics

Here are the differences between community service directors' and youth volunteers' demographics:

	Community Service Director	Youth Volunteer
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 36.1% Female, 63.9%	Male, 40.7% Female, 59.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.8% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 14.4% Asian, 5.2% White, 62.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 11.2% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 14.1% Asian, 5.1% White, 63.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	14%	14%

Differences between community service director and youth volunteer duties and responsibilities

Community service director example responsibilities.

Manage and direct department operations and staffing for the invasive and non-invasive cardiology department.
Improve compliance with Medicaid, DCFS, and COA.
Verify weekly Medicaid billing and monitor the department's weekly fiscal outcomes and objectives.
Develop and implement staff share program within perioperative services, coordinate with site managers to maintain adequate staffing for each location.
Full service digital marketing agency focuse on growing client accounts via SEO/SEM with roster of large B2B and B2C clients.
Design, implement and manage day-to-day operation of the 21st CCLC grant support afterschool program.

Youth volunteer example responsibilities.

Assist in achieving and maintaining DoD certification and national accreditation or equivalent compliance.
Attend training courses and maintain CPR certification.
Tutor homeless young children and those from at-risk families with their reading skills and mathematics
Create billboards with lesson information, plan and create PowerPoint presentations for special music and lesson use.
Serve as a mentor to incarcerate juveniles and tutor in mathematics.
Participate and target in leadership programs to develop communication and team building skills.

Community service director vs youth volunteer skills

Common community service director skills

Mental Health, 13%
Social Services, 7%
Community Outreach, 6%
Developmental Disabilities, 5%
Service Delivery, 4%
Technical Assistance, 4%

Common youth volunteer skills

Youth Development, 16%
Community Outreach, 12%
Community Services, 8%
at-Risk Youth, 7%
Youth Program, 6%
Soccer, 5%

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