diff --git a/lib/philomena/users/user.ex b/lib/philomena/users/user.ex
index 8739fdb3..b25ac992 100644
--- a/lib/philomena/users/user.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena/users/user.ex
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ defmodule Philomena.Users.User do
     field :scratchpad, :string
     field :secondary_role, :string
     field :hide_default_role, :boolean, default: false
+    field :senior_staff, :boolean, default: false
 
     # For avatar validation/persistence
     field :avatar_width, :integer, virtual: true
@@ -268,7 +269,7 @@ defmodule Philomena.Users.User do
 
   def update_changeset(user, attrs, roles) do
     user
-    |> cast(attrs, [:name, :email, :role, :secondary_role, :hide_default_role])
+    |> cast(attrs, [:name, :email, :role, :secondary_role, :hide_default_role, :senior_staff])
     |> validate_required([:name, :email, :role])
     |> validate_inclusion(:role, ["user", "assistant", "moderator", "admin"])
     |> put_assoc(:roles, roles)
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/templates/admin/user/_form.html.slime b/lib/philomena_web/templates/admin/user/_form.html.slime
index 64a4fc34..2eebaaff 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/templates/admin/user/_form.html.slime
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/templates/admin/user/_form.html.slime
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
     label.table-list__label
       .table-list__label__text Hide staff banner:
       .table-list__label__input = checkbox f, :hide_default_role, class: "checkbox"
+    label.table-list__label
+      .table-list__label__text Senior staff:
+      .table-list__label__input = checkbox f, :senior_staff, class: "checkbox"
     .table-list__label
       .table-list__label__text Avatar
       .table-list__label__input
@@ -29,6 +32,10 @@
   .block
     .block__header
       span.block__header__title General user flags
+    ul
+      p
+        strong> Be careful when issuing these permissions to staff members!
+        | Staff members with relevant roles may have these permissions anyway. Issuing them may break things, such as tag aliasing.
     ul = collection_checkboxes f, :roles, filtered_roles(general_permissions(), @roles), mapper: &checkbox_mapper/6
 
   .block
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/templates/user_attribution/_user_title.html.slime b/lib/philomena_web/templates/user_attribution/_user_title.html.slime
index 8695b48c..1dba6410 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/templates/user_attribution/_user_title.html.slime
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/templates/user_attribution/_user_title.html.slime
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
   = if assigns[:large] do
     .label.label--block class=class = label
   - else
-    .label.label--block.label--small class=class = label
\ No newline at end of file
+    .label.label--block.label--small class=class = label
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/views/user_attribution_view.ex b/lib/philomena_web/views/user_attribution_view.ex
index c2c47a38..fc8613f0 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/views/user_attribution_view.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/views/user_attribution_view.ex
@@ -107,12 +107,21 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.UserAttributionView do
 
   defp secondary_role(labels, _user), do: labels
 
+  defp staff_role(labels, %{hide_default_role: false, role: "admin", senior_staff: true}),
+    do: [{"label--danger", "Head Administrator"} | labels]
+
   defp staff_role(labels, %{hide_default_role: false, role: "admin"}),
     do: [{"label--danger", "Site Administrator"} | labels]
 
+  defp staff_role(labels, %{hide_default_role: false, role: "moderator", senior_staff: true}),
+    do: [{"label--success", "Senior Moderator"} | labels]
+
   defp staff_role(labels, %{hide_default_role: false, role: "moderator"}),
     do: [{"label--success", "Site Moderator"} | labels]
 
+  defp staff_role(labels, %{hide_default_role: false, role: "assistant", senior_staff: true}),
+    do: [{"label--purple", "Senior Assistant"} | labels]
+
   defp staff_role(labels, %{hide_default_role: false, role: "assistant"}),
     do: [{"label--purple", "Site Assistant"} | labels]
 
diff --git a/priv/repo/migrations/20200817213256_add_senior_staff.exs b/priv/repo/migrations/20200817213256_add_senior_staff.exs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..555416a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/repo/migrations/20200817213256_add_senior_staff.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+defmodule Philomena.Repo.Migrations.AddSeniorStaff do
+  use Ecto.Migration
+
+  def change do
+    alter table(:users) do
+      add :senior_staff, :boolean, default: false
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/priv/repo/structure.sql b/priv/repo/structure.sql
index b90b65dc..c18baf56 100644
--- a/priv/repo/structure.sql
+++ b/priv/repo/structure.sql
@@ -1974,7 +1974,8 @@ CREATE TABLE public.users (
     otp_backup_codes character varying[],
     last_renamed_at timestamp without time zone DEFAULT '1970-01-01 00:00:00'::timestamp without time zone NOT NULL,
     forced_filter_id bigint,
-    confirmed_at timestamp(0) without time zone
+    confirmed_at timestamp(0) without time zone,
+    senior_staff boolean DEFAULT false
 );
 
 
@@ -4794,3 +4795,4 @@ INSERT INTO public."schema_migrations" (version) VALUES (20200617111116);
 INSERT INTO public."schema_migrations" (version) VALUES (20200617113333);
 INSERT INTO public."schema_migrations" (version) VALUES (20200706171350);
 INSERT INTO public."schema_migrations" (version) VALUES (20200725234412);
+INSERT INTO public."schema_migrations" (version) VALUES (20200817213256);