Volunteer services director vs liaison

The differences between volunteer services directors and liaisons 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 services director, becoming a liaison takes usually requires 6-12 months. Additionally, a volunteer services director has an average salary of $54,005, which is higher than the $53,737 average annual salary of a liaison.

The top three skills for a volunteer services director include patients, community outreach and child care. The most important skills for a liaison are patients, customer service, and home health.

Volunteer services director vs liaison overview

	Volunteer Services Director	Liaison
Yearly salary	$54,005	$53,737
Hourly rate	$25.96	$25.84
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	58,301	34,074
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Average age	45	43
Years of experience	6	12

What does a volunteer services director do?

A volunteer services director specializes in devising and designing volunteer programs for an organization. They are primarily responsible for overseeing the recruitment and hiring process of volunteers, training, and even scheduling the work hours of volunteers. As the director, it is their role to spearhead the project and encourage volunteers. Moreover, they are also in charge of ensuring that all activities are completed within the allotted time and budget, maintaining the programs' mission and vision, and implementing the company's policies and regulations.

What does a liaison do?

A liaison is a middle person responsible for collaborating different institutes, managing professional relationships to create benefiting results that would help a business' meet its goals and objectives. Duties of a liaison include facilitating communications, establishing partnership contract plans and procedures, managing conflicts, providing immediate resolution for concerns, and evaluating collaboration parameters. A liaison must be highly knowledgeable about the subject matters of the represented organization, handling inquiries, and coming up with strategic solutions to make the project successful.

Volunteer services director vs liaison salary

Volunteer services directors and liaisons have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Volunteer Services Director	Liaison
Average salary	$54,005	$53,737
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $90,000	Between $30,000 And $95,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between volunteer services director and liaison education

There are a few differences between a volunteer services director and a liaison in terms of educational background:

	Volunteer Services Director	Liaison
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	SUNY at Binghamton	Northwestern University

Volunteer services director vs liaison demographics

Here are the differences between volunteer services directors' and liaisons' demographics:

	Volunteer Services Director	Liaison
Average age	45	43
Gender ratio	Male, 35.0% Female, 65.0%	Male, 41.9% Female, 58.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 14.3% Asian, 5.1% White, 63.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 12.3% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% Asian, 6.9% White, 55.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.2%
LGBT Percentage	14%	11%

Differences between volunteer services director and liaison duties and responsibilities

Volunteer services director example responsibilities.

Facilitate volunteer orientation and training programs and coordinate all applicable volunteer compliance with Medicare requirements.
Prepare patients for physical therapy treatment by welcoming, providing, and assisting patients into physical therapy apparel and apertures.
Establish curriculum for children's ministry.
Vacation bible school, children's services, nursery
Create soil maps using GIS and perform data entry
Enforce compliance with all HIPAA privacy and security regulations.

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Liaison example responsibilities.

Manage and increase social activity of the WVUncovered twitter account.
Manage and create original content for all social media platforms (twitter, instagram, tumblr).
Manage social media outlets for the organization; such as Facebook, update weekly status and weekly inspirational videos.
Educate physician group practices to reduce hospitalizations, increase positive patient outcomes & achieve meaningful use of EMR systems.
Perform assessments on ICU patients and market to many members of the health care team.
Work predominantly ICU cases, acquiring considerable experience with high-level complex patients.

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Volunteer services director vs liaison skills

Common volunteer services director skills

Patients, 39%
Community Outreach, 7%
Child Care, 7%
Public Speaking, 7%
Community Services, 4%
Community Resources, 4%

Common liaison skills

Patients, 24%
Customer Service, 14%
Home Health, 10%
Rehabilitation, 5%
Social Work, 5%
Patient Care, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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