# Give someone admin access

> Go to Admin → Roles and permissions, select Assign roles on the Employees tab, pick the people and their roles, then select Assign roles. Change roles and Remove all admin roles are in each person's row.

- Product: Company admin › Roles and permissions
- Who can do this: Super admins, Admins with the assign admin roles permissions

- Where: Admin dashboard
- Last checked: 15 Oct 2026
- Web page: https://www.vantagecircle.com/en/help/company-admin/roles-and-permissions/give-someone-admin-access/

Admin access comes from roles. Each role is a set of permissions, and a person gets every permission from every role they hold. If the role you need doesn't exist yet, [create it first](/en/help/company-admin/roles-and-permissions/create-an-admin-role/).

## Assign roles

1. Go to **Admin → Roles and permissions**. The **Employees** tab lists everyone who has an admin role.
2. Select **Assign roles**.

   ![The Employees tab of Roles and permissions, with the Assign roles button and each employee's admin roles](https://cdn.vantagecircle.com/image/upload/q_auto,f_auto/v1792133359/vantagecircle/help-centre/en/company-admin/roles-and-permissions/roles-employees-tab-cef96d2c64754912.png)

3. Under **Employees**, search by name or work email and pick one or more people. Type at least 2 characters to search.
4. Under **Admin roles**, select one or more roles. Every person you picked gets all of them.
5. Check the summary on the right, then select **Assign roles**.

Assigning only adds roles. Roles the people already have stay as they are; the summary says "Existing admin roles will not be removed."

Once you've saved, the people can open the admin dashboard from their profile menu and see what their roles allow. A role whose only permission is **Award points** doesn't open the dashboard. It's for people who award points from a budget they've been given.

## Change someone's roles

1. On the **Employees** tab, open the actions menu in the person's row and choose **Change roles**.
2. Select the roles they should have after saving. Any role you clear is listed under **Roles to remove**.
3. Select **Save changes**. It stays greyed out until you change something.

You can only change one person at a time this way. To give the same roles to several people, use **Assign roles**.

## Remove all of someone's roles

On the **Employees** tab, open the actions menu in the person's row and choose **Remove all admin roles**. Confirm with **Remove all admin roles**. To remove only some roles, use **Change roles** instead. You can assign roles again later.

## Before you save

- **Changing your own roles.** You can, but if you remove the permission that lets you assign roles, you can't give it back to yourself. The form warns you when you're editing your own roles.
- **HR report access.** Saving can also add or remove HR report access that isn't shown on this page. The form says this is a known issue. Ask support to check the person's report access afterwards.
- **Super admin isn't a role here.** You can't make someone a super admin on this page. See [Admin access and permissions](/en/help/company-admin/roles-and-permissions/admin-access-and-permissions/).

## If something goes wrong

- **"No active roles exist. Create a role first."** There's nothing to assign yet. [Create a role](/en/help/company-admin/roles-and-permissions/create-an-admin-role/), then come back.
- **"Inactive role still grants access"** in **Change roles**: the person holds a role that has been deactivated, and saving is blocked. Use **Remove all admin roles** for that person, then assign the roles they should keep.
- **"Duplicate assignment data was found"** or **"This employee has a role name that is not unique"**: saving is blocked for this person. Contact support before you change their roles.
- **"You don't have permission to assign admin roles"**: you need a super admin, or a role with **Assign admin roles**. Ask a super admin for access.