Child Online Protection Consultant Roster

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Child Online Protection Consultant Roster based in Italy.

We are seeking skilled consultants passionate about protecting children and young people in an increasingly digital world. This opportunity involves contributing to global, regional, and national initiatives that promote safer, more inclusive, and empowering online environments for children. Depending on your expertise, you will support capacity building, policy development, child participation, digital inclusion, cybersecurity, education, and child rights initiatives. You will collaborate with government stakeholders, international partners, educators, technology professionals, and organizations working to strengthen online safety. Through research, training, strategic partnerships, and knowledge sharing, you will help translate international guidelines into practical, sustainable action. Selected candidates will join a consultant roster and may be contacted for assignments aligned with their experience, regional knowledge, and specialist skills.

Accountabilities

• Programme Implementation: Provide technical and operational support for child online protection initiatives at national, regional, and global levels, helping advance children's rights, safety, development, participation, and well-being in digital environments.

• Capacity Building and Training: Support the design, development, coordination, and delivery of training programmes and capacity-building activities for children, young people, parents, caregivers, educators, policymakers, law enforcement, social workers, and ICT professionals.

• Policy and Strategy Development: Assist government stakeholders and relevant institutions in developing, validating, and implementing national child online protection strategies, policy frameworks, and implementation roadmaps.

• Child Participation and Rights: Design and facilitate activities that encourage meaningful participation by children and young people, ensuring their perspectives are reflected in initiatives addressing online safety, privacy, accessibility, inclusion, mental health, and digital well-being.

• Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement: Identify and develop partnerships with public institutions, international organizations, civil society, educational institutions, and other relevant stakeholders at national, regional, and global levels.

• Research and Knowledge Development: Conduct research, collect good practices, and document success stories, case studies, lessons learned, and evidence-based approaches that can inform and strengthen child online protection programmes.

• Communications and Advocacy: Support the communication, promotion, and dissemination of project activities, resources, events, and outcomes, including the adaptation and dissemination of child online protection guidelines into national languages where relevant.

• Curriculum and Educational Content: Contribute to the development and coordination of multi-stakeholder educational curricula, learning resources, and programmes focused on online safety and digital citizenship.

• Monitoring and Reporting: Monitor relevant national, regional, and international developments, consolidate updates from stakeholders, and provide regular progress reports to the project management team.

• Project Coordination and Administration: Manage administrative and operational tasks related to assigned activities, coordinate implementation schedules, and support the effective delivery of programme objectives.

• Deliverables and Documentation: Prepare work plans, regular progress reports, meeting summaries, quarterly implementation updates, mid-cycle and final presentations, and end-of-project case studies of up to five pages. Additional deliverables may be requested depending on assignment requirements.

Requirements

• Education: A university degree in Telecommunications, Computer Science, Engineering, International Relations and Diplomacy, Child Rights, Education, or a related field. A diploma from a reputable advanced education institution equivalent to a university degree in one of these disciplines may also be accepted.

• Professional Experience: At least two years of relevant professional experience, including international-level experience. A doctorate in a related field may be accepted as a substitute for two years of professional experience.

• Relevant Specialization: Demonstrated knowledge or experience in at least one relevant area, such as capacity building, child online protection, child participation, child rights, cybersecurity, digital inclusi