**Job no**: 593356 **Contract type**: Consultant **Duty Station**: Rome **Level**: Consultancy **Location**: Italy **Categories**: Child Protection UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job - it is a calling. UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package. Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF. **TERMS OF REFERENCE** The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen the integration within the project team of a dedicated expert acting as focal point on foster care for unaccompanied and separated children (UASC). The Consultant will provide specialized technical support, with a particular focus on capacity-building and continuous accompaniment of the team of case managers deployed in certain Prefectures under the FAMI Protect+ project, led by UNICEF. **_ Minimum requirements:_** **Education**: Bachelor's degree Psychology, Pedagogical sciences, Social Sciences, Law, Political Sciences or other related disciplines. **Work Experience**: - At least 5 years of professional experience with refugees and migrants or vulnerable children along with extensive experience in the field of protection and foster care
- Proven experience of work with local authorities




- Proven experience in foster care **Skills**:
Proven knowledge of the national context with regards to reception, protection and inclusion of migrant and refugee children, including foster care system **Language Requirements**: - Fluency in Italian
- Proficiency in English **For every Child, you demonstrate...**
- This position has been assessed as an elevated risk role for Child Safeguarding purposes as it is either a role with direct contact with children, a role that works directly with identifiable children’s data, a safeguarding response role, or an assessed risk role. Additional vetting and assessment for elevated risk roles in child safeguarding (potentially including additional criminal background checks) apply._ UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.
- An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
- Cover letter
- A separate financial proposal (only acceptable in the format of the linked template) TMC0002763 Financial proposal template.docx **Remarks**:
**Advertised**: 29 May 2026 W. Europe Daylight Time
**Deadline**: 05 Jun 2026 W. Europe Daylight Time

📌 Foster Care Consultant (National). Rome, Italy, Child Protection, 6.5 Months, Remote Work with Travel (Italia)
🏢 UNICEF
📍 Italia