diff --git a/packages/auth/src/team/Team.ts b/packages/auth/src/team/Team.ts
index 2c555fd2..207d5bbf 100644
--- a/packages/auth/src/team/Team.ts
+++ b/packages/auth/src/team/Team.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ import type {
   TeamState,
 } from './types.js'
 import { isNewTeam } from './types.js'
+import { canUserAddMemberToRole } from './validate.js'
+import { isAdminOnlyActionType } from './isAdminOnlyAction.js'
 
 const { DEVICE, USER } = KeyType
 /**
@@ -364,7 +366,7 @@ export class Team extends EventEmitter<TeamEvents> {
 
   /** Remove a role from the team */
   public removeRole = (roleName: string) => {
-    assert(roleName !== ADMIN, 'Cannot remove admin role')
+    this._isRoleRemovable(roleName, true)
 
     this.dispatch({
       type: 'REMOVE_ROLE',
@@ -372,6 +374,15 @@ export class Team extends EventEmitter<TeamEvents> {
     })
   }
 
+  private _isRoleRemovable = (roleName: string, assertOnFalse: boolean): boolean => {
+    const anyRoleButAdmin = roleName !== ADMIN
+    if (assertOnFalse) {
+      assert(anyRoleButAdmin, 'Cannot remove admin role')
+    }
+
+    return anyRoleButAdmin
+  }
+
   /** Dispatch the add role action */
   private _dispatchAddMemberRole(userId: string, roleName: string, lockboxes: lockbox.Lockbox[]) {
     this.dispatch({
@@ -414,6 +425,49 @@ export class Team extends EventEmitter<TeamEvents> {
     })
   }
 
+  /** Check if member is priveleged enough to perform a specific action */
+  private _memberHasPrivelegeToPerformAction(memberId: string, actionType: TeamAction['type']): boolean {
+    if (!isAdminOnlyActionType(actionType)) {
+      return true
+    }
+    return this.memberIsAdmin(memberId)
+  }
+
+  /** Check if member has permissions to add members to a role */
+  public memberCanAddMembersToRole(roleName: string, memberId: string): boolean {
+    if (!this._memberHasPrivelegeToPerformAction(memberId, 'ADD_MEMBER_ROLE')) {
+      return false
+    }
+    if (!this.memberHasRole(memberId, roleName)) {
+      return false
+    }
+    return canUserAddMemberToRole(roleName, memberId, this.state)
+  }
+
+  /** Check if member has permissions to reevoke membership from a role */
+  public memberCanRemoveMembersFromRole(roleName: string, memberId: string): boolean {
+    if (!this._memberHasPrivelegeToPerformAction(memberId, 'REMOVE_MEMBER_ROLE')) {
+      return false
+    }
+    return this.memberHasRole(memberId, roleName)
+  }
+
+  /** Check if member has permissions to create roles */
+  public memberCanCreateRole(memberId: string): boolean {
+    return this._memberHasPrivelegeToPerformAction(memberId, 'ADD_ROLE')
+  }
+
+  /** Check if member has permissions to delete a specific role */
+  public memberCanDeleteRole(roleName: string, memberId: string): boolean {
+    if (!this._memberHasPrivelegeToPerformAction(memberId, 'REMOVE_ROLE')) {
+      return false
+    }
+    if (!this.memberHasRole(memberId, roleName)) {
+      return false
+    }
+    return this._isRoleRemovable(roleName, false) 
+  }
+
   /** ************** DEVICES */
 
   /** Returns true if the given member has a device by the given name */
diff --git a/packages/auth/src/team/isAdminOnlyAction.ts b/packages/auth/src/team/isAdminOnlyAction.ts
index 03ffa774..97813f5d 100644
--- a/packages/auth/src/team/isAdminOnlyAction.ts
+++ b/packages/auth/src/team/isAdminOnlyAction.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { type TeamAction, type TeamLinkBody } from './types.js'
 
 export const isAdminOnlyAction = (action: TeamLinkBody) => {
+  return isAdminOnlyActionType(action.type)
+}
+
+export const isAdminOnlyActionType = (actionType: TeamAction['type']): boolean => {
   // Any team member can do these things
   const nonAdminActions: Array<TeamAction['type']> = [
     'INVITE_DEVICE',
@@ -14,5 +18,5 @@ export const isAdminOnlyAction = (action: TeamLinkBody) => {
     'SET_METADATA',
   ]
 
-  return !nonAdminActions.includes(action.type)
+  return !nonAdminActions.includes(actionType)
 }
diff --git a/packages/auth/src/team/validate.ts b/packages/auth/src/team/validate.ts
index a0b3050a..a3a6773f 100644
--- a/packages/auth/src/team/validate.ts
+++ b/packages/auth/src/team/validate.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@ export const validate: TeamStateValidator = (previousState: TeamState, link: Tea
   return VALID
 }
 
+export const canUserAddMemberToRole = (roleName: string, assigningUserId: string, previousState: TeamState): boolean => {
+    const metadata = select.getMetadata(previousState)
+    if (metadata.selfAssignableRoles.includes(roleName)) {
+      return true
+    }
+    if (select.memberIsAdmin(previousState, assigningUserId)) {
+      return true
+    }
+    return false
+  }
+
 const validators: TeamStateValidatorSet = {
   rootDeviceBelongsToRootUser(previousState: TeamState, link: TeamLink, extendableLogger: Logger) {
     const logger = extendableLogger.extend('rootDeviceBelongsToRootUser')
@@ -118,17 +129,7 @@ const validators: TeamStateValidatorSet = {
     if (link.body.type === 'ADD_MEMBER_ROLE') {
       const { userId: assigningUserId } = link.body
       const { roleName } = link.body.payload
-      const metadata = select.getMetadata(previousState)
-      if (metadata.selfAssignableRoles.includes(roleName)) {
-        return VALID
-      }
-      const role = select.role(previousState, roleName)
-      if (role.createdBy === assigningUserId) {
-        return VALID
-      }
-      if (select.memberIsAdmin(previousState, assigningUserId)) {
-        return VALID
-      }
+      if (canUserAddMemberToRole(roleName, assigningUserId, previousState)) return VALID
       return fail(`User ${assigningUserId} attempted to assign role ${roleName} illegally`, previousState, link, logger)
     }
     return VALID