How to Add a Backup Admin on LinkedIn

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The short answer

Before you start

• Confirm your own permission type Only users with Product Settings and Account Center Admin permission type can manage licenses, roles, and permissions.Verify: Check your role in Admin Center.
• Pick the backup user Choose a current or new user to receive the permission.Verify: Check they already have, or can receive, a Recruiter license.
• Decide preset or custom role The permission is included automatically in the Recruiter Admin and Dashboard Manager Admin preset roles.Verify: Check which preset role fits the backup's needs.

How LinkedIn handles this

• The Product Settings and Account Center Admin permission type can also be applied within a custom role.
• Assigning this permission to an additional user lets that user manage the contract if the original admin departs the company or goes on extended leave.
• LinkedIn encourages assigning this permission to a back-up admin to better secure the account.

Step by step

1. Open Admin Center Move the cursor over the profile picture at the top of the Recruiter homepage and select Manage users in Admin Center.Confirm: Check that the Manage users option appears in the dropdown.
2. Find the user On the User & license management tab, in the Users section, find the user whose permissions you want to manage.Confirm: Check the Users section for the correct name.
3. Select a preset role Select one of the Preset Roles that includes the Product Settings and Account Center Admin permission.Confirm: Check the role list for Recruiter Admin or Dashboard Manager Admin.
4. Or build a custom role The permission type can also be applied within a custom role if a preset does not fit.Confirm: Check the Custom Role option in the Preset Roles list.
5. Save the assignment You want the backup admin's role to be set before they leave.Confirm: Check the user's role now shows the assigned permission.
6. Verify new capability Once assigned, the user is able to manage licenses, permissions, and roles within Admin Center.Confirm: Check the user can open Manage users in Admin Center.

Common mistakes

• You rely on a single admin for the contract Assigning an additional Product Settings and Account Center Admin allows that user to manage the contract if the original admin departs the company or goes on extended leave.Why it happens: Teams set up Recruiter with one admin and never add a second.
• Assigning the wrong permission type Only users with Product Settings and Account Center Admin permission type can manage licenses, roles, and permissions.Why it happens: A preset role without this permission looks similar but lacks the needed control.
• No separate custom role check The permission type can also be applied within a custom role.Why it happens: Admins assume only preset roles carry this permission and skip custom roles.Already happened: If the only admin has already left, see recover a LinkedIn account held by a former employee or agency.

Roles at a glance

Keeping track of who has access