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Site Responsibilities
For every board in 21RISK — whether it is a compliance board or the insurance board — you can define named responsibilities and assign a specific user to each one per site. This gives your organization a clear, structured way to track who is accountable for what — at every location.
For example, on a Fire Safety board you might define responsibilities like "Fire Safety Officer" and "Local Contact", while on your Insurance board you could have "Insurance Coordinator" and "Property Manager". For each site, you assign the right person to each role. The result is a clear matrix of accountability across your entire portfolio.
Why use responsibilities? Why use responsibilities?
When managing compliance across many sites, it is critical to know exactly who is responsible. Responsibilities in 21RISK solve this by giving you:
- Named roles — Go beyond a generic "responsible" label. Create descriptive names like "Fire Safety Officer", "Environmental Lead", or "Site Contact" that match your organization's structure.
- One person per role per site — Each responsibility at a given site is assigned to exactly one user. When everyone knows their role, nothing falls through the cracks.
- Multiple responsibilities per board — You can define up to 10 named responsibilities on each board, covering all the roles that matter for that compliance area.
- Matrix overview — See all assignments at a glance in a table where rows are sites and columns are responsibilities. Quickly spot gaps where no one has been assigned yet.
Where to find responsibilities Where to find responsibilities
Responsibilities are managed per board. You can find them in the board settings:
- Compliance boards — Navigate to the compliance board, then go to Settings → Responsibilities
- Insurance board — Navigate to Insurance → Settings → Responsibilities
Creating a responsibility Creating a responsibility
To create a new responsibility:
- Navigate to the board's responsibilities page (see above)
- Click "New Responsibility"
- Enter a name for the responsibility (e.g., "Fire Safety Officer")
- Optionally add a description to clarify what this role entails
- Click "Add"
The responsibility will now appear in the responsibilities list and as a new column in the assignments matrix.
Tip: Choose descriptive names that are immediately recognizable to your team. Names like "Fire Safety Officer" or "Local HSE Contact" work much better than generic labels like "Person 1".
Assigning users to sites Assigning users to sites
Once you have defined responsibilities, you can assign users to them for each site using the assignments matrix .
The matrix shows:
- Rows — Each row is a site in your organization
- Columns — Each column is a responsibility you have defined
To assign a user:
- Find the site in the matrix
- Click on the cell under the responsibility you want to assign
- Select a user from the dropdown
- The assignment is saved immediately
To remove an assignment, click on an assigned cell and clear the selection.
Tip: Use the search and filter options in the matrix to quickly find specific sites, especially useful when managing a large portfolio.
Editing a responsibility Editing a responsibility
To rename a responsibility or update its description:
- Go to the board's responsibilities page
- Click on the responsibility you want to edit
- Update the name or description
- Click "Update"
Renaming a responsibility does not affect existing user assignments — all assignments are preserved under the new name.
Deleting a responsibility Deleting a responsibility
To delete a responsibility:
- Go to the board's responsibilities page
- Click on the responsibility you want to delete
- Click the trash icon in the top right
- Confirm the deletion
Important: Deleting a responsibility will permanently remove all user assignments for that responsibility across all sites. This action cannot be undone.
Good to know Good to know
- Each board can have up to 10 responsibilities . This covers most organizational structures while keeping the matrix manageable.
- Responsibility names must be unique per board . You cannot have two responsibilities with the same name on the same board.
- Only users with manage settings permission on the board can create, edit, or delete responsibilities. Any user with access to the board can view the assignments matrix.
- Responsibilities are available on all boards , including compliance boards and the insurance board.