Volunteer leader vs junior volunteer

The differences between volunteer leaders and junior volunteers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become a volunteer leader, becoming a junior volunteer takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a junior volunteer has an average salary of $35,362, which is higher than the $29,309 average annual salary of a volunteer leader.

The top three skills for a volunteer leader include leadership, community outreach and ministry. The most important skills for a junior volunteer are patients, emotional support, and patient care.

Volunteer leader vs junior volunteer overview

	Volunteer Leader	Junior Volunteer
Yearly salary	$29,309	$35,362
Hourly rate	$14.09	$17.00
Growth rate	12%	5%
Number of jobs	32,066	12,700
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 72%	Bachelor's Degree, 67%
Average age	45	43
Years of experience	6	2

Volunteer leader vs junior volunteer salary

Volunteer leaders and junior volunteers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Volunteer Leader	Junior Volunteer
Average salary	$29,309	$35,362
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $37,000	Between $28,000 And $43,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between volunteer leader and junior volunteer education

There are a few differences between a volunteer leader and a junior volunteer in terms of educational background:

	Volunteer Leader	Junior Volunteer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 72%	Bachelor's Degree, 67%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	University of Pennsylvania

Volunteer leader vs junior volunteer demographics

Here are the differences between volunteer leaders' and junior volunteers' demographics:

	Volunteer Leader	Junior Volunteer
Average age	45	43
Gender ratio	Male, 37.1% Female, 62.9%	Male, 33.6% Female, 66.4%
Race ratio	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%	Black or African American, 9.0% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 11.2% White, 61.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	14%	9%

Differences between volunteer leader and junior volunteer duties and responsibilities

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

Junior volunteer example responsibilities.

Create variety of programs and run fund raising projects to achieve annual objectives.
Communicate with local businesses in order to collect donations for golf tournaments, casino night, alumni basketball tournaments etc.
Wipe down wheelchairs, stretchers, and equipment in surgery areas.
Serve as liaison to current, prospective and alumni parents, teachers and community members.
Prepare animals for surgery; monitor vital signs, conduct various, and record findings in charts.
Create current CCF Facebook page and maintain daily with events, facts, pictures, events, musicians.

Volunteer leader vs junior volunteer skills

Common volunteer leader skills

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

Common junior volunteer skills

Patients, 59%
Emotional Support, 12%
Patient Care, 3%
Emergency Calls, 3%
Front Desk, 3%
Community Services, 2%