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title: "Assign project workers to a department"
slug: "assign-project-workers-to-a-department-or-location"
updated: 2026-07-07T17:52:42Z
published: 2026-07-07T17:52:42Z
canonical: "help.wrapbook.com/assign-project-workers-to-a-department-or-location"
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# Assign project workers to a department

> [!NOTE]
> Assigning workers to a department or location is permission based
> 
> To update, your account must have one of the following [roles](/v1/docs/permissions-and-access-control) enabled:
> 
> - Role: *Company Admin, Company Manager, Project Coordinator, Project Assistant, Department Head*
> - Custom role with: *Project management - Full access, Manage*

## Overview

Workers assigned to a department will appear when you filter the project’s [People dashboard](/v1/docs/people-dashboard#project-people) by department.

## **How to assign a department to a project worker**

If you need to assign the department for a single worker, you can do so directly from their worker profile.

1. From the left-side navigation, click the dropdown menu and select the project
2. Click **People**
3. Click on the **worker's name** to open their profile
4. Next to *Job & pay*, click **Edit**
5. Click the *Department* dropdown menu to make your selection
6. Click the **Save** button

## **How to bulk-assign project workers to a a department**

To assign more thank one project worker to the same department:

1. In the left-side navigation, click the **dropdown menu**
2. In the dropdown menu, select the **name of the project** that you want to assign departments
3. In the left-side navigation, click **People**
4. On the project *People* dashboard, click to check the boxes next to each project worker that you want to assign
5. Click the **Actions** button at the bottom of the page to select *Assign department*
6. In the popup, click the search icon to choose the department that you want to assign to the project workers
7. Click the **Assign** button