# Manage Employees
**Employees** are people within your organization who do not have access to the Mifos X system. They are used to distinguish between the various types of staff as well as their roles and permissions (for instance: it designates loan officers and provides the ability to assign a loan officer to a group or center). With this option, you may view, edit and/or delete your organization's employees. To configure system users, their roles and permissions, see [Users](https://docs.mifos.org/mifosx/user-manual/for-administrators-mifos-x-platform/administration/users).
From the main screen, click on the [**Admin**](https://docs.mifos.org/mifosx/user-manual/for-administrators-mifos-x-platform/administration) button on the top menu bar and click on **Organization** from the drop down list. This will launch the [**Organization**](https://docs.mifos.org/mifosx/user-manual/for-administrators-mifos-x-platform/administration/organization) menu.
Select **Manage Employees**
A list of all employees will be displayed:
### **Add Employees**
Click the  button at the top-right of the page to create a new employee.
1. Fill the following **mandatory** fields (*denoted by a red asterisk "\*"*):
* Select the appropriate office from the **Office** drop-down menu.
* Enter the employee's **First name.**
* Enter the employee's **Last name**.
* Provide the **Joining Date** of the employee.
2. Furthermore, fill the following **optional** fields:
* Designate the employee as a loan officer (if required) by checking the "**Is loan officer?**" checkbox.
* Add a **Mobile Number for SMS** to allow messages via text.
Click on **Submit** once you are done.
### **Import Employee**
You can also import employee details from your local device. Click the  button at the top-right of the page (*next to the blue Create Employee button*) on the **Manage Employees** page.
This page has three sections (*as shown below*):
* Employee Template
* Import Employees
* Documents
If you want to use an already existing template, go to the **Employee Template** section.
Select an office template in the **Select Office** drop-down menu. Click the **Download** button to the right of the search field. This will download a spreadsheet file in which you can add employee details. For example: let's assume we selected the **Main Head Office** template and the downloaded spreadsheet includes the following fields:
* Office Name
* First Name
* Last Name
* Loan Officer
* Mobile Number
* Joining date
* External Id
* Status
Once you have filled the details in the spreadsheet, save it and then import the file into Mifos X in the **Import Employees** section of the page.
Click the grey **Choose File** button, navigate to where you saved your file, select it and then click the blue **Upload** button to import your employee details.
In the **Documents** section at the bottom of the page, click the **Refresh** button to confirm that the file has been uploaded and can be used in Mifos X.
### **View Employees**
Once you have selected **Manage Employees,** a chart of all employees will be displayed with the following information:
* The employee's **Name**
* Whether the employee **Is a Loan Officer** or not
* The employee's **Office**
* The employee's **Status**; whether active or inactive 
**Tip:** *Use the **Filter by Name** field to quickly locate the employee you are searching for. Begin typing the employee's name and Mifos X will automatically filter the results.*
Clicking on an employee's name on the chart will open that employee's **Profile**:
### **Edit Employee**
Click the blue **Edit** button at the top-right of the employee's profile to edit the employee's information. This will launch a new page where you may change the employee's information:
Once the appropriate changes have been made, click **Submit**.
**Tip:** **An employee is not the same as a User (and is not interlinked with Users). Therefore, you may need to create users separately. Please see the** [**Users**](https://docs.mifos.org/mifosx/user-manual/for-administrators-mifos-x-platform/administration/users) **section of this manual to learn more. In short, All users are the employees. But all employees may not be the users.**
Related articles
* Page:[Manage Funds](https://docs.mifos.org/mifosx/user-manual/for-administrators-mifos-x-platform/administration/organization/manage-funds)
* Page:[Bulk Loan Reassignment](https://docs.mifos.org/mifosx/user-manual/for-administrators-mifos-x-platform/administration/organization/bulk-loan-reassignment)
* Page:[Manage Employees](https://docs.mifos.org/mifosx/user-manual/for-administrators-mifos-x-platform/administration/organization/manage-employees)
* Page:[Manage Reports](https://docs.mifos.org/mifosx/user-manual/for-administrators-mifos-x-platform/administration/system/manage-reports)
* Page:[Manage Holidays](https://docs.mifos.org/mifosx/user-manual/for-administrators-mifos-x-platform/administration/organization/manage-holidays)