Departments and designations

Departments group your staff, for example Primary, Science or Accounts. Designations are job titles, for example Senior Teacher, Head Clerk or Lab Assistant. Set them up once, and they appear as choices in the Add staff form.

Quick start with defaults

1. Open Staff → Organisation.
2. If both lists are empty, click Add defaults. EduHost adds a starter set of departments and designations for your type of institution.
3. Edit or delete any of them to match your school.

You may also see Set up defaults at the top of the Staff pages when you have no departments yet. It does the same thing.

Add a department

1. On the Organisation tab, find the Departments card.
2. Click Add.
3. Type the Name (at least 2 letters). A short Code is optional.
4. Click Add to save.

Add a designation

1. On the Designations card, click Add.
2. Type the Name and, if you want, a Code.
3. Choose the Type: Teaching, Non-teaching, Admin or Support.
4. Click Add.

Change or remove

1. Click the pencil next to a name to edit it, then click Save.
2. Click the bin next to a name to delete it, then confirm.

Good to know

• Each department shows how many staff are in it.
• You cannot delete a designation while any staff member still holds it. Move those people to another designation first.
• To put a person in a department or designation, edit them in the Directory. See Add a staff member and give them a login.
• Only people who can manage staff can change these lists.