Viewing and Assigning Staff Permissions

This article explains how to view a staff member's existing permissions and how to assign additional, ad-hoc permissions directly from their staff profile

Key Information:

• You must have "Permissions: Administer" permission to view and assign permissions. This permission is typically held by Head Teachers, Business Managers, School or HR Admins, and Senior Management Team members.

• For any permission changes to take effect, the staff member must log out of Arbor and then log back in.

• You cannot add permissions to multiple staff members simultaneously (in bulk).

1. Viewing a Staff Members Existing Permissions

To check what permissions a staff member already has:

1. Go to the staff member's profile.

2. From the left-hand menu, click Roles & Permissions > Permissions.

You will see a list of their current permissions:

Tip: If you need to check a staff member's access to different pages, you can find information on how to do this in the article "Check a staff member user's access to different pages"

2. Assigning Ad Hoc Permissions to a Staff Member

To add new permissions to a staff member:

1. Navigate to the staff member's profile.

2. Click Roles & Permissions > Permissions from the left-hand menu.

3. In the top right-hand corner, click the Assign Ad Hoc Permissions button (shown in the above screenshot)

4. In the pop-up window, select the permissions you wish to add to the user.

5. You have the option to set a temporary duration for the permissions by adding an End date instead of leaving it as "Ongoing".

6. Click Assign permissions.

Note: If you cannot see a specific permission to add it, it means the staff member already possesses that permission.