Nurture Manager
Position Start Date: Rolling start date
Report to: VP of Education & External Affairs
Location: Phoenix, AZ, with 1 day of remote flexibility
Aliento is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization serving students, Dreamers, and immigrant families to transform trauma into hope and action. Aliento is led by directly impacted individuals, youth, and supporters who strive to create an environment where human potential is nurtured and not defined by immigration status.
Our work is about cultivating power, nurturing collective action, and transforming lived experiences into a shared movement for dignity, healing, and lasting change. Through education initiatives, organizing, leadership development, healing-centered spaces, civic engagement, and policy advocacy, Aliento builds community power rooted in care, courage, and collective liberation.
We have impacted the lives of over 80,000 people and led the efforts to pass Prop. 308, securing tuition equity for Arizona students regardless of immigration status. Aliento is a leading voice for students, Dreamers, and immigrant families locally, nationally, and globally.
About Aliento
Position Summary
Aliento is seeking a Nurture Manager to lead and strengthen the organization’s organizing and base-building work. The Nurture Manager plays a critical role in cultivating community leadership, motivating collective action, and ensuring that organizing strategies are grounded in healing, civic leadership, education, and lived experience.
This role oversees the Nurture Department, which focuses on community organizing, youth leadership development, healing-centered engagement, and civic participation. The Nurture Manager is responsible for program strategy, execution, and relationship building, ensuring that organizing efforts are aligned with Aliento’s values, theory of change, and long-term movement goals.
The ideal candidate has a strong organizing background, understands grassroots power-building, and is deeply committed to motivating and developing young leaders from directly impacted communities. This position requires both hands-on organizing experience, strong project management, youth engagement, and programmatic leadership skills.
This position is based in Phoenix, Arizona, and works primarily from Aliento’s office and school sites across the state with one day of remote flexibility.
Who are we looking for
This role is ideal for someone who believes deeply in youth voice and understands that community organizing is both strategic and relational. The Nurture Manager is a motivator, coach, and systems-builder who can translate vision into action while holding space for healing, growth, and accountability.
The ideal candidate
Has a strong background in community organizing, base-building, or youth leadership development
Can motivate, coach, and develop youth, staff, organizers, and community leaders
Understands the intersection of organizing, healing, and education with both individual and systems level approach
Thrives in fast-paced, values-driven environments
Is deeply aligned with Aliento’s mission and commitment to immigrant and education justice
Required Qualifications
4+ years of experience in community organizing, policy and advocacy, or youth leadership development work
3+ years of people management experience, including coaching and performance management
Demonstrated experience building, engaging, and sustaining a community base
Demonstrated ability to effectively leverage relationships, partnerships, and available resources to advance organizational goals and collective impact
Strong understanding of power-building strategies, campaigns, and civic engagement
Experience working with directly impacted communities, particularly immigrant or immigrant families
Ability to motivate others, hold accountability, and foster leadership development
Strong project management and organizational skills
Compelling verbal and written communication skills
Proficient in Google Workspace
Alignment with Aliento’s mission, values, and healing-centered approach
Essential Functions
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Nurture
Leads and executes a high-quality leadership development program for Aliento’s Fellowship
Leads the program execution of Aliento’s Fellowship curriculum
Adapts the curriculum scope, sequence, and relevance of the curriculum for the initiative
Ensures the curriculum’s alignment with Aliento’s mission and vision
Track, monitor, and oversee the knowledge management of the Fellowship’s curriculum
Ensures organizing strategies are grounded in lived experience, collective care, and long-term power building
Supports Fellows in transforming personal experiences into collective action
Tracks program outcomes and use data and feedback to continuously improve organizing efforts
Collaborates with internal teams to align organizing work with organizational goals and campaigns
Leads and executes a high-quality program for Aliento’s Hubs
Oversees the program execution of the various Hubs and ensure programmatic efficacy
Oversees the Aliento staff/contractors/officers that are involved in the Hubs to ensure effective participation
Creates and develops an expansion strategy for Aliento’s Hubs
Works with the senior leadership of Aliento to gain approval and strategic feedback on the expansion approach
Supports Aliento Hubs’ in transforming personal experiences into collective action
Tracks program outcomes and use data and feedback to continuously improve organizing efforts
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Builds relationships and supports the coaching of:
(1-3) Contractors
(10-20) Fellows
(5-10) Hub Leaders
Engages in regular check-ins to understand and support their work streams, as well as monitor their progress toward goals
Coaches students to become stronger leaders and focus on collective impact at their schools and communities in spite of uncertainty and challenges
Leads a team of contractors and students to effectively accomplish programmatic workstreams, progress toward goals, and provide coaching and mentorship opportunities.
Collaborates with the Leadership Team to ensure that the department has ambitious and realistic performance goals.
Tracks and shares progress toward organizational goals and overall performance feedback from students and contractors through an ongoing feedback cycle, as well as shares regular progress with the direct supervisor.
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Participates actively in weekly meetings
Meets weekly with the assigned supervisor with prepared check-in templates
Meets weekly with direct reports with expected check-in templates
Attends quarterly stepbacks and bi-annual retreats
Supports with co-creating communications content related to the department
Is a spokesperson for the organization (as needed)
Other duties, as needed
Compensation Package
FTE $53,000–$65,000, commensurate with experience
Accrual of PTO per PTO policy (first year of employment, accrual of 12 days)
Organization paid holidays (includes approximately two weeks off during the winter break)
Earned paid sick time, as required by Arizona law
Health benefits: Medical + Vision + Dental
Access to Professional Development
401k participation
Other organization perks such as organization lunches, on site Gym Access, therapy sessions, ect…
Applications submitted by Sunday, February 7, at 11:59 PM MST will be prioritized for review.
Applications will continue to be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Interviews and hiring decisions are typically completed within 2-3 months of application submission.
WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE HIRING PROCESS:
Initial phone screening interview
30-minute Virtual interview
Performance activity
In-person interview
References check
Final decision and offer
ALIENTO is an equal opportunity employer. Our team works with impacted communities, stakeholders, and institutions to co-create a place where the human potential is nurtured and not defined by immigration status. We believe our strength is centering youth, healing, truth and reconciliation, and the ability of impacted communities to co-create change and solutions that lead to equitable, inclusive, and thriving communities. Individuals who are proximate to the immigrant experience are strongly encouraged to apply.