Director of outreach vs chief of staff

The differences between directors of outreach and chiefs of staff can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become a director of outreach, becoming a chief of staff takes usually requires More than 10 years. Additionally, a chief of staff has an average salary of $130,835, which is higher than the $69,369 average annual salary of a director of outreach.

The top three skills for a director of outreach include patients, local community and community organizations. The most important skills for a chief of staff are PET, team support, and project management.

Director of outreach vs chief of staff overview

	Director Of Outreach	Chief Of Staff
Yearly salary	$69,369	$130,835
Hourly rate	$33.35	$62.90
Growth rate	12%	6%
Number of jobs	17,318	124,272
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Average age	45	52
Years of experience	6	-

What does a director of outreach do?

Directors of Outreach are responsible for leading the implementation of outreach initiatives for a community or organization. Their duties include developing partnership outreach strategies, supporting policy advocacy work improvements, facilitating the evaluation of CRM and the internal system, and developing a strategy on program material's production and dissemination. They work closely with the policy and program team in aligning the organization's objectives, manage resources, assist in setting targets, tracking staff performance, and training development.

What does a chief of staff do?

A chief of staff primarily supports an executive through performing various administrative tasks. Most of their responsibilities revolve around collaborating with other executive support personnel to devise strategies that will help the company, responding to inquiries and correspondence, approving communications letters, managing schedules, setting appointments, and serving as an advisor to the executive. Furthermore, when it comes to issues and disputes, the chief of staff must be quick to conduct research and perform damage control to help the executive and the company rise from the occasion.

Director of outreach vs chief of staff salary

Directors of outreach and chiefs of staff have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Director Of Outreach	Chief Of Staff
Average salary	$69,369	$130,835
Salary range	Between $39,000 And $122,000	Between $85,000 And $200,000
Highest paying City	Paterson, NJ	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	New Jersey	California
Best paying company	St. Joseph's Health	Lyft
Best paying industry	Health Care	Start-up

Differences between director of outreach and chief of staff education

There are a few differences between a director of outreach and a chief of staff in terms of educational background:

	Director Of Outreach	Chief Of Staff
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Director of outreach vs chief of staff demographics

Here are the differences between directors of outreach' and chiefs of staff' demographics:

	Director Of Outreach	Chief Of Staff
Average age	45	52
Gender ratio	Male, 45.4% Female, 54.6%	Male, 62.0% Female, 38.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.1% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 14.5% Asian, 5.2% White, 61.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 3.8% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 7.9% Asian, 7.8% White, 76.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	14%	12%

Differences between director of outreach and chief of staff duties and responsibilities

Director of outreach example responsibilities.

Manage social media presence such as Facebook page and electronic communications.
Manage admission, referral and educational activities for primary care patients treat by mobile medical services van.
Experience with rules governing Medicaid, Medicare and private health insurance's services.
Produce content for corporate Intranet, weekly and monthly newsletters, conference calls, and other communication vehicles.
Provide oversight for multiple departments: client services, classroom instruction, client community employment, client in-house training and production.
Develop and deliver training to regional intranet homepage owners.

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Chief of staff example responsibilities.

Lead headquarters (HQ) operations staff.
Manage the G3's fiscal year budget planning, formulation, and execution.
Supervise the G2 administrative section and maintain and manage the G2 budget and material resources.
Manage the predeployment training and the deployment process to receiving commands, and subsequent redeployment and deactivation.
Manage budgets of $75,000 to $22 million paying keen attention to cost containment and ROI.
Credit for managing and improving the HAZMAT program, which serve as a benchmark example for the base community.

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Director of outreach vs chief of staff skills

Common director of outreach skills

Patients, 14%
Local Community, 7%
Community Organizations, 6%
Medicare, 6%
Develop Professional Relationships, 5%
Community Relations, 5%

Common chief of staff skills

PET, 15%
Team Support, 11%
Project Management, 8%
Oversight, 7%
Direct Reports, 6%
Marketing Campaigns, 6%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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