1. Community Development Platform
  2. Roles and access
Reference

Who can do what in Community Development Platform

Give preparation, independent review, administration and audit distinct access.

How permissions work

Preparation

Program Officer enters cases, needs, follow-up actions and attachments within authorized organizations.

Independent decision

Independent Grant Reviewer records review decisions and reads the case evidence without editing preparation records.

Program control

App Administrator maintains program records; Auditor reads records and summaries for oversight.

Who can do what

Permissions by role
RolePrograms and organizationsCommunity needsFunding casesIndependent reviewDelivery and receiptsFollow-up and corrections
AuditorViewViewViewViewViewView
Program OfficerViewEditEditEditViewEdit
App AdministratorEditViewViewViewViewView
Independent Grant ReviewerViewViewViewEditViewView
AdminEditViewViewEditViewEdit

Each role in detail

Auditor

Reads authorized summaries and aggregates across every table plus the four platform pages. No record creation or editing, no schema or administrative capability.

Can

  • View community needs, execution attempts, follow up actions, funding cases, operation receipts, operation runs, Organizations, Programs, record attachments, review decisions, source mappings, state history, team members

Starts on: Active funding cases

Program Officer

Prepares assigned work: record entry on Funding Cases, Community Needs, Follow Up Actions and Record Attachments, read-only on configuration, review and provenance tables. Scope to authorized organizations is enforced by workflow guards.

Can

  • Manage community needs, follow up actions, funding cases, record attachments
  • View execution attempts, operation receipts, operation runs, Organizations, Programs, review decisions, source mappings, state history, team members

Starts on: Cases awaiting verification

App Administrator

Maintains approved configuration: record entry on Programs, read-only on all operational, review and provenance tables, and access to all four platform pages. No schema editing, deletion, bulk operations or export grants.

Can

  • Manage Programs
  • View community needs, execution attempts, follow up actions, funding cases, operation receipts, operation runs, Organizations, record attachments, review decisions, source mappings, state history, team members

Independent Grant Reviewer

Reviews independent assigned work: record entry on Review Decisions only, read-only on every other table. Reviewers cannot approve their own preparation; the workflow guards enforce reviewer independence.

Can

  • Manage review decisions
  • View community needs, execution attempts, follow up actions, funding cases, operation receipts, operation runs, Organizations, Programs, record attachments, source mappings, state history, team members

Starts on: Cases awaiting verification

Admin

Administers user access and organization setup for the program team.

Can

  • Manage Users, Organizations, team members
  • View community needs, execution attempts, follow up actions, funding cases, operation receipts, operation runs, Programs, record attachments, review decisions, source mappings, state history

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