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Northwest Senior And Disability Services

Substitute Nutrition Site Coordinator - Woodburn, OR 198-12-25

Northwest Senior And Disability Services, Woodburn, Oregon, United States, 97071

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Substitute Nutrition Site Coordinator - Woodburn, OR 198-12-25 Looking for a great Part‑time/On‑Call Opportunity?

We are looking to establish a pool of qualified candidates to help cover our Senior Meal Sites in Marion, Polk, Yamhill, Clatsop, and Tillamook counties during absences of the assigned Meal Site Coordinator.

The ideal candidate will:

Be passionate about providing excellent customer service in a professional and positive way.

Have food service/handling and community service experience.

Like working with seniors.

You will make sure food is presented and served, help coordinate volunteers serving at the meal site and delivering meals to home‑bound seniors, as well as handle cash and paperwork. The position is On‑Call, working as needed to cover absences. Starting pay is

$17.66 per hour . An offer of employment is contingent on the successful completion of a background check.

Location: Woodburn, OR

Closes:

January 9, 2026

General Description Meets Agency Mission to promote health and wellbeing of individuals in the community by overseeing a partial or full week congregate Nutrition Meal Site providing home‑delivered meals.

Essential Functions

Ensures successful operation of a congregate nutrition meal site and delivery of meals to home‑bound participants.

Provides for social needs of program participants.

Develops and maintains a group of volunteers to provide nutrition services.

Promotes Agency and nutrition services.

Promotes person‑centered services.

Protects consumers and reduces Agency risk.

Responsibilities by Function

Operational Success

Receive, hold, prepare and serve all foods in compliance with proper health and sanitation requirements.

Ensure house‑delivered meals are prepared, accurately packaged and timely distributed to home‑bound participants, and deliver meals in the absence of volunteers.

Obtain meal selections from participants and submit accurate and timely meal counts.

Collect confidential program participant information.

Complete annual home‑delivered meal participant assessments and maintain regular communication with participants between assessments.

Collect, report, and safeguard program income and donations.

Gather program data and accurately complete reports to measure progress in meeting program performance goals.

Social Support

Ensure a friendly, clean and inviting atmosphere at meal sites during congregate meals.

Acknowledge holidays, organize special events and fun activities within budget.

Develop and maintain a trusted relationship with program participants by being patient, open‑minded, compassionate, flexible, responsible, supportive and following through.

Promote friendly interactions between volunteers and home‑bound participants while delivering meals and onsite.

Facilitate problem resolution onsite and in the field.

Conduct regular congregate meal site/delivery site safety checks.

Volunteer Management

Recruit, supervise, and train volunteers.

Increase volunteer participation through outreach.

Engage, support, motivate and recognize volunteers.

Ensure volunteers meet standards, such as background checks, knowledge of program requirements.

Release volunteers from service when necessary.

Provide volunteers with agency volunteer insurance information and notify managers of any injuries or accidents.

Agency Promotion

Participate in community outreach and activity planning.

Collaborate with program partners, providing information to community groups and media.

Develop and implement strategies and activities to meet program goals, such as fundraising and volunteer recruitment.

Motivate participants to engage in a variety of health promotion activities.

Person‑Centered Services

Embrace and exhibit the Agency Mission, Vision and Core Values.

Provide excellent customer service, meet the needs of participants, follow through and meet deadlines.

Interact with others in a respectful and culturally appropriate manner.

Utilize language services to communicate with individuals whose primary language skills are non‑English.

Maintain the skills and knowledge to perform the job.

Educate self and others of resources available for populations served by referring to ADRC database.

Access ADRC Specialists, other Agency staff and community services partners.

Provide suggestions for improvement and perform other duties as assigned by management.

(FOR BILINGUAL POSITIONS ONLY) Ensure non‑English speaking consumers receive services, serve as an interpreter, and translate written materials.

Risk Reduction

Follow policies, regulations and requirements of program and Agency.

Provide documentation as set forth by Federal, State, funding regulations, and Agency policy.

Serve as a Mandatory Reporter of suspected abuse of vulnerable populations, including oversight of volunteer contact and reporting.

Maintain and share information according to privacy policies and regulations.

Secondary Outcomes None.

Supervisory Responsibilities Supervises meal site and home delivery volunteers. May help train substitute nutrition site coordinators.

Experience and Skills Minimum Qualifications – Education & Experience A qualified applicant will have a minimum of one (1) year of equivalent combination of education and/or experience which demonstrates the knowledge, skills and abilities required. The following is preferred but all qualifications meeting the minimum requirements will be considered:

High School equivalency.

1 year of experience coordinating a community program and working with volunteers; and 6 months food handling experience.

(FOR BILINGUAL POSITIONS ONLY) Successful completion of a bilingual skills test and language proficiency test.

Other Requirements

Possession of a current food handler’s permit or ability to obtain prior to hire.

Ability to secure and maintain a driver’s license valid in the state of Oregon, or an acceptable alternative means of transportation.

Successful completion of a background check.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

Occasionally travel to deliver homebound meals.

Regularly walk, stand, talk, listen with frequent interruptions throughout the day.

Regularly grasp, reach, bend, stoop, and lift up to 30 pounds.

Occasionally sit, push or pull.

Travel to consumers in a variety of settings, homes, facilities of varying level of cleanliness and repair.

Travel to community events and partner agencies.

Drive an Agency car or employee car, carry and use a laptop computer.

Contact with the public in home or office environments may risk exposure to irrational/hostile behavior, contagious diseases, or contact with domestic animals.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Classification Nutrition Site Coordinator / Nutrition Site Coordinator/Bilingual Position Number: Varies Salary Range: UN12, UN13 for Bilingual FLSA Status: Non‑Exempt Location: Woodburn Reports to: Varies Union Status: Represented if .5 FTE or more, Unrepresented if less than .5 FTE Last Revision: December 2025

This job description is a general guide for the job to be performed and does not cover everything. Employees may be required to perform other duties, including covering for other offices. Employees are expected to follow and perform other job‑related duties requested by their manager.

Reasonable accommodations will be made as needed.

Job descriptions are subject to change.

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