Substitute Nutrition Site Coordinator - Woodburn

Job Description

Part-time/On‑Call opportunity to cover Senior Meal Sites in Marion, Polk, Yamhill, Clatsop, and Tillamook counties during absences of the assigned Meal Site Coordinator. Position located in Woodburn, OR.

Pay: $18.15 per hour. Position is contingent on a successful background check.
Closes: February 26, 2026.

• 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.

• Ensure successful operation of a congregate nutrition meal site and delivery of meals to homebound participants.
• Provide for the social needs of program participants.
• Develop and maintain a group of volunteers to provide nutrition services.
• Promote agency and nutrition services and promote person‑centered services.
• Protect consumers and reduce agency risk.
• Receive, hold, prepare and serve all foods in compliance with proper health and sanitation requirements.
• Ensure home‑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 and complete annual home‑delivered meal participant assessments.
• Maintain regular communication with participants between annual assessments.
• Collect, report, and safeguard program income and donations; gather program data and accurately complete reports to measure progress toward program performance goals.
• Ensure a friendly, clean, and inviting atmosphere at meal sites during congregate meals.
• Acknowledge holidays, organize special events and fun activities within budget.
• Develop 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.
• Recruit, supervise, train, and keep volunteers meeting background and program standards.
• Provide volunteers with agency volunteer insurance information and notify managers of any injuries or accidents.
• Participate in community outreach and activity planning; collaborate with program partners and provide 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; embrace and exhibit the agency mission, vision and core values; provide excellent customer service, meet the needs of participants, follow through, meet deadlines.
• Interact with others in a respectful and culturally appropriate manner; utilize language services to communicate with individuals whose primary language is non‑English.
• Access ADRC specialists, other agency staff and community services partners; provide suggestions for improvement; perform other duties as assigned by management.
• Serve as an interpreter for the agency in identified language pairs (bilingual positions only); translate written materials; follow policies, regulations and requirements of program and agency.
• Serve as a mandatory reporter of suspected abuse of vulnerable populations and maintain privacy and confidentiality requirements.

• Supervise meal site and home delivery volunteers; may help train substitute nutrition site coordinators.

• Minimum of one (1) year of equivalent combination of education and/or experience that demonstrates the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
• High‑school diploma or equivalency.
• 1 year of experience coordinating a community program and working with volunteers.
• Six months of food‑handling experience.

• Possession of or ability to obtain a current food handler’s permit prior to hire.
• Valid driver’s license in Oregon or an acceptable alternative means of transportation.
• Successful completion of a background check.

• Occasional travel to deliver homebound meals.
• Regular walking, standing, talking and listening with frequent interruptions.
• Regular reaching, bending, stooping and lifting up to 30 pounds; occasional sitting, pushing or pulling.
• Travel to consumers in a variety of settings, homes, facilities, etc.
• Travel to community events and partner agencies; drive agency or employee vehicle and carry a laptop.
• Contact with the public may risk exposure to irrational/hostile behavior, contagious diseases or domestic animals.
• Reasonable accommodations made for individuals with disabilities.