Community Outreach Coordinator
Impact: Community well-being, program success, brand reputation
Develops and implements strategies to engage and build relationships with community members, organizations, and stakeholders. Organizes events, manages communication channels, and fosters partnerships to promote programs and initiatives.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Extensive
- Team vs solo
- 60% Team / 40% Solo
- Client facing
- Always
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- 10-20% local travel
- Schedule flexibility
- Flexible
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 40-45 hours/week
- Stress level
- Moderate
At a glance
- Median salary
- $58,000
- Entry-level
- $40,000 - $50,000
- Senior
- $75,000+
- Growth by 2033
- 7% (as fast as average)
- Demand
- Growing
- Freelance potential
- Moderate
- Salary growth potential
- Moderate to 50-80% growth from entry to senior
- Typical student debt
- $20,000 - $40,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Event Planning
- Public Speaking
- Grant Writing
- Social Media Management
- Data Reporting
Soft skills
- Communication
- Interpersonal Skills
- Empathy
- Problem-Solving
- Adaptability
Technical complexity: Moderate
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 3-5 years
- Years to senior
- 7-10 years
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Coordinator
- Manager
- Director of Community Engagement
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 10% to low risk due to high human interaction and relationship building
- AI disruption risk
- Low
- Demand trend
- Growing
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 3.8/10
- Meaning
- 4/10
- Work-life balance
- 3.5/10
- Prestige
- 6.5/10
- Social perception
- High