Initial Posting Date:

10/21/2025

Application Deadline:

11/11/2025

Agency:

Oregon Youth Authority

Salary Range:

$3,705 - $5,066

Position Type:

Employee

Position Title:

Cook

Job Description:

OREGON YOUTH AUTHORITY

Cook

Grants Pass, OR - ROGUE VALLEY YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY

The Oregon Youth Authority is seeking a dedicated and skilled Cook to join our team at the Rogue Valley 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

Job Duties:

• Works independently while cooking, preparing and coordinating meals from OYA menus and recipes.

• Supervises and trains youth in custody in the preparation and serving of meals.

• Maintains required records of meals served and quantities prepared for the Federal Food Program.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• 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 current and future vacancies.

• Comprehensive and equitable base salary offer within the listed range based on your experience, skills and education. For more information on pay equity, click here.

• The salary range listed is the non-PERS participating rate. If you are already a participating PERS member or once you become PERS eligible, the salary range will increase by 6%. Please review the Classification and Compensation page for more details.

• This position receives annual increases on anniversary date until the maximum of the salary range is reached.