diff --git a/local-dev/api-data-watcher-pusher/api-data/02-populate-api-data-lagoon-demo-org.gql b/local-dev/api-data-watcher-pusher/api-data/02-populate-api-data-lagoon-demo-org.gql
index da220e2a33..a6f0b6b9e0 100644
--- a/local-dev/api-data-watcher-pusher/api-data/02-populate-api-data-lagoon-demo-org.gql
+++ b/local-dev/api-data-watcher-pusher/api-data/02-populate-api-data-lagoon-demo-org.gql
@@ -89,15 +89,15 @@ mutation PopulateApi {
     name
   }
 
-  UIOrganizationAddViewer: addUserToOrganization(input: {user: {email: "orgviewer@example.com"}, organization: 1}) {
+  UIOrganizationAddViewer: addAdminToOrganization(input: {user: {email: "orgviewer@example.com"}, organization: {id: 1}, role: VIEWER}) {
     id
   }
 
-  UIOrganizationAddAdmin: addUserToOrganization(input: {user: {email: "orgadmin@example.com"}, organization: 1, admin: true}) {
+  UIOrganizationAddAdmin: addAdminToOrganization(input: {user: {email: "orgadmin@example.com"}, organization: {id: 1}, role: ADMIN}) {
     id
   }
 
-  UIOrganizationAddOwner: addUserToOrganization(input: {user: {email: "orgowner@example.com"}, organization: 1, owner: true}) {
+  UIOrganizationAddOwner: addAdminToOrganization(input: {user: {email: "orgowner@example.com"}, organization: {id: 1}, role: OWNER}) {
     id
   }
 
diff --git a/local-dev/k3d-seed-data/00-populate-kubernetes.gql b/local-dev/k3d-seed-data/00-populate-kubernetes.gql
index 7e2e94ab19..6eeeff0e47 100644
--- a/local-dev/k3d-seed-data/00-populate-kubernetes.gql
+++ b/local-dev/k3d-seed-data/00-populate-kubernetes.gql
@@ -261,15 +261,15 @@ mutation PopulateApi {
     name
   }
 
-  UIOrganizationAddViewer: addUserToOrganization(input: {user: {email: "orgviewer@example.com"}, organization: 1}) {
+  UIOrganizationAddViewer: addAdminToOrganization(input: {user: {email: "orgviewer@example.com"}, organization: {id: 1}, role: VIEWER}) {
     id
   }
 
-  UIOrganizationAddAdmin: addUserToOrganization(input: {user: {email: "orgadmin@example.com"}, organization: 1, admin: true}) {
+  UIOrganizationAddAdmin: addAdminToOrganization(input: {user: {email: "orgadmin@example.com"}, organization: {id: 1}, role: ADMIN}) {
     id
   }
 
-  UIOrganizationAddOwner: addUserToOrganization(input: {user: {email: "orgowner@example.com"}, organization: 1, owner: true}) {
+  UIOrganizationAddOwner: addAdminToOrganization(input: {user: {email: "orgowner@example.com"}, organization: {id: 1}, role: OWNER}) {
     id
   }
 
diff --git a/services/api/src/models/user.ts b/services/api/src/models/user.ts
index 4f0e98524f..74f30d9d0a 100644
--- a/services/api/src/models/user.ts
+++ b/services/api/src/models/user.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export interface User {
   attributes?: IUserAttributes;
   owner?: boolean;
   admin?: boolean;
+  organizationRole?: string;
 }
 
 interface UserEdit {
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ export const User = (clients: {
       (keycloakUser: UserRepresentation): User =>
         // @ts-ignore
         R.pipe(
-          R.pick(['id', 'email', 'username', 'firstName', 'lastName', 'attributes', 'admin', 'owner']),
+          R.pick(['id', 'email', 'username', 'firstName', 'lastName', 'attributes', 'admin', 'owner', 'organizationRole']),
           // @ts-ignore
           R.set(commentLens, R.view(attrCommentLens, keycloakUser))
         )(keycloakUser)
@@ -320,9 +321,14 @@ export const User = (clients: {
     let filteredViewers = filterUsersByAttribute(keycloakUsers, viewerFilter);
     for (const f1 in filteredOwners) {
       filteredOwners[f1].owner = true
+      filteredOwners[f1].organizationRole = "OWNER"
     }
     for (const f1 in filteredAdmins) {
       filteredAdmins[f1].admin = true
+      filteredAdmins[f1].organizationRole = "ADMIN"
+    }
+    for (const f1 in filteredViewers) {
+      filteredViewers[f1].organizationRole = "VIEWER"
     }
     const orgUsers = [...filteredOwners, ...filteredAdmins, ...filteredViewers]
 
diff --git a/services/api/src/resolvers.js b/services/api/src/resolvers.js
index b1674d59a7..f27b71fb0a 100644
--- a/services/api/src/resolvers.js
+++ b/services/api/src/resolvers.js
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ const {
   updateUser,
   addUserToOrganization,
   removeUserFromOrganization,
+  addAdminToOrganization,
+  removeAdminFromOrganization,
   resetUserPassword,
   deleteUser,
   getAllUsers,
@@ -637,6 +639,8 @@ const resolvers = {
     updateUser,
     addUserToOrganization,
     removeUserFromOrganization,
+    addAdminToOrganization,
+    removeAdminFromOrganization,
     resetUserPassword,
     deleteUser,
     addDeployment,
diff --git a/services/api/src/resources/organization/helpers.ts b/services/api/src/resources/organization/helpers.ts
index 33200337a1..8b208ad361 100644
--- a/services/api/src/resources/organization/helpers.ts
+++ b/services/api/src/resources/organization/helpers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as R from 'ramda';
 import { Pool } from 'mariadb';
 import { query } from '../../util/db';
+import { asyncPipe } from '@lagoon/commons/dist/util/func';
 import { Sql } from './sql';
 
 export const Helpers = (sqlClientPool: Pool) => {
@@ -65,5 +66,36 @@ export const Helpers = (sqlClientPool: Pool) => {
     getNotificationsForOrganizationId,
     getNotificationsByTypeForOrganizationId,
     getEnvironmentsByOrganizationId,
+    getOrganizationByOrganizationInput: async (organizationInput, scope: string, resource: string) => {
+      const notEmpty = R.complement(R.anyPass([R.isNil, R.isEmpty]));
+      const hasId = R.both(R.has('id'), R.propSatisfies(notEmpty, 'id'));
+      const hasName = R.both(R.has('name'), R.propSatisfies(notEmpty, 'name'));
+
+      const orgFromId = asyncPipe(R.prop('id'), getOrganizationById, organization => {
+        if (!organization) {
+          throw new Error(`Unauthorized: You don't have permission to "${scope}" on "${resource}"`);
+        }
+        return organization;
+      });
+
+      const orgFromName = asyncPipe(R.prop('name'), async name => {
+        const rows = await query(sqlClientPool, Sql.selectOrganizationByName(name));
+        const organization = R.prop(0, rows);
+        if (!organization) {
+          throw new Error(`Unauthorized: You don't have permission to "${scope}" on "${resource}"`);
+        }
+        return organization;
+      });
+      return R.cond([
+        [hasId, orgFromId],
+        [hasName, orgFromName],
+        [
+          R.T,
+          () => {
+            throw new Error('Must provide organization "id" or "name"');
+          }
+        ]
+      ])(organizationInput);
+    },
   }
 };
diff --git a/services/api/src/resources/user/resolvers.ts b/services/api/src/resources/user/resolvers.ts
index 3719e12edd..9f205dd2d8 100644
--- a/services/api/src/resources/user/resolvers.ts
+++ b/services/api/src/resources/user/resolvers.ts
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ export const deleteUser: ResolverFn = async (
   return 'success';
 };
 
-// addUserToOrganization adds a user as an organization owner
+// @DEPRECATED use addAdminToOrganization - addUserToOrganization adds a user as an organization owner
 export const addUserToOrganization: ResolverFn = async (
   _root,
   { input: { user: userInput, organization: organization, admin: admin, owner: owner } },
@@ -227,7 +227,15 @@ export const addUserToOrganization: ResolverFn = async (
 
   const organizationData = await organizationHelpers(sqlClientPool).getOrganizationById(organization);
   if (organizationData === undefined) {
-    throw new Error(`Organization does not exist`)
+    let scope = "addViewer"
+    if (owner) {
+      scope = "addOwner"
+    } else {
+      if (admin) {
+        scope = "addOwner"
+      }
+    }
+    throw new Error(`Unauthorized: You don't have permission to "${scope}" on "organization"`)
   }
 
   const user = await models.UserModel.loadUserByIdOrUsername({
@@ -278,7 +286,7 @@ export const addUserToOrganization: ResolverFn = async (
 
 };
 
-// removeUserFromOrganization a user as an organization owner
+// @DEPRECATED use removeAdminFromOrganization - removeUserFromOrganization a user as an organization owner
 export const removeUserFromOrganization: ResolverFn = async (
   _root,
   { input: { user: userInput, organization: organization } },
@@ -287,7 +295,7 @@ export const removeUserFromOrganization: ResolverFn = async (
 
   const organizationData = await organizationHelpers(sqlClientPool).getOrganizationById(organization);
   if (organizationData === undefined) {
-    throw new Error(`Organization does not exist`)
+    throw new Error(`Unauthorized: You don't have permission to "addOwner" on "organization"`)
   }
 
   const user = await models.UserModel.loadUserByIdOrUsername({
@@ -318,3 +326,117 @@ export const removeUserFromOrganization: ResolverFn = async (
 
   return organizationData;
 };
+
+// addAdminToOrganization adds a user as an organization administrator
+export const addAdminToOrganization: ResolverFn = async (
+  _root,
+  { input: { user: userInput, organization: organization, role } },
+  { sqlClientPool, models, hasPermission, userActivityLogger },
+) => {
+  let updateUser = {
+    id: "",
+    admin: false,
+    owner: false,
+    organization: 0
+  }
+  let scope = "addOwner"
+  switch (role) {
+    case "ADMIN":
+      scope = "addOwner"
+      updateUser.admin = true
+      break;
+    case "OWNER":
+      scope = "addOwner"
+      updateUser.owner = true
+      break;
+    case "VIEWER": //fallthrough default
+    default:
+      scope = "addViewer"
+      updateUser.admin = false
+      updateUser.owner = false
+      break;
+  }
+  const organizationData = await organizationHelpers(sqlClientPool).getOrganizationByOrganizationInput(
+    organization,
+    scope,
+    "organization"
+  );
+  if (organizationData === undefined) {
+    throw new Error(`Unauthorized: You don't have permission to "${scope}" on "organization"`)
+  }
+
+  const user = await models.UserModel.loadUserByIdOrUsername({
+    id: R.prop('id', userInput),
+    email: R.prop('email', userInput),
+  });
+
+  updateUser.id = user.id
+  updateUser.organization = organizationData.id
+
+  await hasPermission('organization', scope, {
+    organization: organizationData.id
+  });
+
+  await models.UserModel.updateUser(updateUser);
+
+  userActivityLogger(`User added an administrator to organization '${organizationData.name}'`, {
+    project: '',
+    event: 'api:addAdminToOrganization',
+    payload: {
+      user: {
+        id: user.id,
+        email: user.email,
+        organization: organizationData.id,
+        role: role,
+      },
+    }
+  });
+
+  return organizationData;
+};
+
+// removeAdminFromOrganization an administrator from and organization
+export const removeAdminFromOrganization: ResolverFn = async (
+  _root,
+  { input: { user: userInput, organization } },
+  { sqlClientPool, models, hasPermission, userActivityLogger },
+) => {
+
+  const scope = 'addOwner'
+  const organizationData = await organizationHelpers(sqlClientPool).getOrganizationByOrganizationInput(
+    organization,
+    scope,
+    "organization"
+  );
+  if (organizationData === undefined) {
+    throw new Error(`Unauthorized: You don't have permission to scope on "organization"`)
+  }
+
+  const user = await models.UserModel.loadUserByIdOrUsername({
+    id: R.prop('id', userInput),
+    email: R.prop('email', userInput),
+  });
+
+  await hasPermission('organization', scope, {
+    organization: organizationData.id
+  });
+
+  await models.UserModel.updateUser({
+    id: user.id,
+    organization: organizationData.id,
+    remove: true,
+  });
+
+  userActivityLogger(`User removed an administrator from organization '${organizationData.name}'`, {
+    project: '',
+    event: 'api:removeAdminFromOrganization',
+    payload: {
+      user: {
+        id: user.id,
+        organization: organizationData.id,
+      },
+    }
+  });
+
+  return organizationData;
+};
diff --git a/services/api/src/typeDefs.js b/services/api/src/typeDefs.js
index 54677c2305..3c4a61eb4c 100644
--- a/services/api/src/typeDefs.js
+++ b/services/api/src/typeDefs.js
@@ -110,6 +110,12 @@ const typeDefs = gql`
     OWNER
   }
 
+  enum OrganizationRole {
+    VIEWER
+    ADMIN
+    OWNER
+  }
+
   enum ProblemSeverityRating {
     NONE
     UNKNOWN
@@ -1069,10 +1075,11 @@ const typeDefs = gql`
     email: String
     firstName: String
     lastName: String
-    admin: Boolean
-    owner: Boolean
+    admin: Boolean @deprecated(reason: "use organizationRole")
+    owner: Boolean @deprecated(reason: "use organizationRole")
     comment: String
     groupRoles: [GroupRoleInterface]
+    organizationRole: OrganizationRole
   }
 
   type Organization {
@@ -1462,6 +1469,12 @@ const typeDefs = gql`
     environment: EnvironmentInput
   }
 
+  # Must provide id OR name
+  input OrganizationInput {
+    id: Int
+    name: String
+  }
+
   input AddSshKeyInput {
     id: Int
     name: String!
@@ -1930,6 +1943,17 @@ const typeDefs = gql`
     owner: Boolean
   }
 
+  input AddAdminToOrganizationInput {
+    user: UserInput!
+    organization: OrganizationInput!
+    role: OrganizationRole!
+  }
+
+  input RemoveAdminFromOrganizationInput {
+    user: UserInput!
+    organization: OrganizationInput!
+  }
+
   input ResetUserPasswordInput {
     user: UserInput!
   }
@@ -2395,12 +2419,14 @@ const typeDefs = gql`
     Add a user to an organization as a viewer or owner of the organization.
     This allows the user to view or manage the organizations groups, projects, and notifications
     """
-    addUserToOrganization(input: addUserToOrganizationInput!): Organization
+    addAdminToOrganization(input: AddAdminToOrganizationInput!): Organization
+    addUserToOrganization(input: addUserToOrganizationInput!): Organization  @deprecated(reason: "Use addAdminToOrganization instead")
     """
     Remove a viewer or owner from an organization.
     This removes the users ability to view or manage the organizations groups, projects, and notifications
     """
-    removeUserFromOrganization(input: addUserToOrganizationInput!): Organization
+    removeAdminFromOrganization(input: RemoveAdminFromOrganizationInput!): Organization
+    removeUserFromOrganization(input: addUserToOrganizationInput!): Organization @deprecated(reason: "Use removeAdminFromOrganization instead")
     resetUserPassword(input: ResetUserPasswordInput!): String
     deleteUser(input: DeleteUserInput!): String
     addDeployment(input: AddDeploymentInput!): Deployment