Initial Posting Date:

01/29/2026

Application Deadline:

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Agency:

Oregon Youth Authority

Salary Range:

$3,705.00 - $5,066.00

Position Type:

Employee

Position Title:

Cook Pool - Part-Time and Full-Time - MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility

Job Description:

OREGON YOUTH AUTHORITY

Cook

Woodburn, OR - MACLAREN YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY

The Oregon Youth Authority is seeking dedicated and skilled Cooks to join our team at the MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility where you will be providing nutritious, balanced meals for the youth we serve. In this role, you will be responsible for food preparation, ensuring meals meet dietary requirements, and maintaining high standards of food safety. A key aspect of the position involves direct interaction with the youth in our program, where you will supervise and train young individuals in cooking and kitchen tasks while preparing and serving meals. This hands-on approach helps foster life skills and a sense of responsibility in our youth. Additional duties include maintaining accurate record-keeping of meal inventories, tracking food supplies, and ensuring that kitchen equipment and resources are properly managed. If you have a strong culinary background and a passion for working with youth, we encourage you to apply.

Top duties of the position:

• Supervises and trains youth in custody in the preparation of meals, food safety and sanitation practices and usage of kitchen tools and equipment.

• Woks independently while cooking, preparing and coordinating nutritious and appealing meals form OYA menus and standardized recipes.

• Performs daily cooking tasks and meal preparations using a variety of kitchen equipment.

Would you like to learn more about this position or how our application process works? Join our Recruitment team every other Wednesday, between 11am-11:30am PST during our OYA Career Chat Sessions. We can assist you with all your application and agency questions!

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Additional Information:

• Effective Feb. 1, 2026, the compensation plan for this position will be increased to reflect a Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) of 2.5%. The salary listed in this posting does not reflect the COLA.

• Open Until Filled: This recruitment will remain open until filled. Our first application screening is scheduled for 2/12/26 at 8:30am, but we may close the announcement at any time after this date when we have received an adequate number of applications. We cannot guarantee that we will consider applications received after this screening date. We encourage interested applicants not to delay in applying

• Bilingual applicants encouraged to apply but must have intermediate English proficiency or higher for this role.

• This recruitment will be used to establish a list of qualified candidates to fill multiple,