Ombudsman vs community liaison

The differences between ombudsmen and community liaisons can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes More than 10 years to become an ombudsman, becoming a community liaison takes usually requires 6-12 months. Additionally, an ombudsman has an average salary of $73,497, which is higher than the $39,899 average annual salary of a community liaison.

The top three skills for an ombudsman include mediation, long-term care facilities and conflict resolution. The most important skills for a community liaison are patients, customer service, and home health.

Ombudsman vs community liaison overview

	Ombudsman	Community Liaison
Yearly salary	$73,497	$39,899
Hourly rate	$35.34	$19.18
Growth rate	6%	12%
Number of jobs	1,305	30,431
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Average age	46	43
Years of experience	-	12

Ombudsman vs community liaison salary

Ombudsmen and community liaisons have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Ombudsman	Community Liaison
Average salary	$73,497	$39,899
Salary range	Between $43,000 And $122,000	Between $29,000 And $54,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	North Dakota
Best paying company	-	BlackRock
Best paying industry	-	Utilities

Differences between ombudsman and community liaison education

There are a few differences between an ombudsman and a community liaison in terms of educational background:

	Ombudsman	Community Liaison
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Southern California	University of Southern California

Ombudsman vs community liaison demographics

Here are the differences between ombudsmen' and community liaisons' demographics:

	Ombudsman	Community Liaison
Average age	46	43
Gender ratio	Male, 22.7% Female, 77.3%	Male, 29.5% Female, 70.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 5.6% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 7.9% Asian, 6.4% White, 75.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 11.9% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 20.9% Asian, 7.0% White, 53.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.9%
LGBT Percentage	10%	11%

Differences between ombudsman and community liaison duties and responsibilities

Ombudsman example responsibilities.

Facilitate development of veterans individual rehabilitation plans, which provide purpose, organization and empowerment to achieve life goals.
Mediate disputes between residents, families, and nursing home administration.
Organize family day meeting for those with soldiers and sailors on deployment.
Review serious issue cases to determine if the issues warrant OPM action.
Maintain good relationships with the chain of command, sailors, and military families.
Collaborate in the development of student's IEP plans and actively participate in IEP meetings.

Community liaison example responsibilities.

Grow and manage existing relationships in assign territories with physicians, hospitals, skil nursing and rehabilitation facilities and assist livings.
Create a brochure with InDesign.
Create social media strategy: Facebook administrator, NYPL blog contributor
Provide nutrition, fitness and diabetes education to the community at large.
Construct online training courses in HTML using materials provide by instructional designers.
Design the web application screens for new systems using modeling tool like HTML.

Ombudsman vs community liaison skills

Common ombudsman skills

Mediation, 14%
Long-Term Care Facilities, 10%
Conflict Resolution, 8%
Medicaid, 7%
Long-Term Care Residents, 5%
State Agencies, 5%

Common community liaison skills

Patients, 19%
Customer Service, 7%
Home Health, 6%
Community Outreach, 5%
Patient Referrals, 4%
Community Resources, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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