You will need the Limited Write Groups permission, or to be a group admin, to make a member a group admin or group leader. The permission must reach at least one of the group's campuses.
When you create a group, you can assign a group admin and a group leader.
Group Admin
A group admin is a position that any member of the group can be assigned. A member does not need to be the leader of a group to be a group admin. To update a member's position, see How do I create and/or edit a group member's position?
A group admin has the following abilities with their group:
Can send emails to group members from the member listing page
Can upload and delete group files
Can start group chat
Can delete group chat messages
Can see notes inside a group
A group admin can NOT:
Change the group's campuses, organizations, category, parent group, merchant account or options. These need Full Write Groups. A group admin can still save the group's other details.
Delete groups
You can spot a group admin in the member listing by the admin banner.
Note: A group admin has these abilities in every subgroup under their group too. Admin works whatever the person's campus or organization limit, so someone marked admin on a group, or on any group above it, keeps admin on it.
If the group's membership is set to Approval Required, group admins are emailed to approve or deny each person who asks to join.
Group Leader
A group leader doesn't get any special access or permissions. It is a way to show who leads the group, and leaders get a special place where they are listed online.
A leader can also be an admin, but that's not always desired. This is why Is Admin? is a separate setting. Besides the label, a leader has the same access as any other group member unless they are also a group admin.
Special Permissions
Group members who are not admins can be given special access to help manage parts of the group. When you edit a group member, an Access tab is available.
Only group admins and staff with Limited Write Groups can set special permissions for group members. The options are:
Can manage events - add, edit, and delete group events.
Can manage member roster and positions - add, edit, and delete group members and positions. Members with this access cannot edit group admins, set permissions for any member, or make anyone a group admin.
Can manage attendance - enter and edit group attendance. This lets them create group events for attendance, but they cannot edit the event itself unless they also have Can manage events. They are not made an organizer of events created for attendance.
Can manage files - upload and delete group files.
Can manage chat - manage the group's chat, including deleting messages.
Can manage notes - add, edit, and delete group notes.
The group's member listing has a Has Special Access? filter that returns members with extra access to the group. Members with special permissions also have a yellow special access label in the Type column. Click the label to open the Edit Member window on the Access tab.