diff --git a/grails-app/views/paratoo/_projectRole.gson b/grails-app/views/paratoo/_projectRole.gson
index a5d8f4623..a6aabae7d 100644
--- a/grails-app/views/paratoo/_projectRole.gson
+++ b/grails-app/views/paratoo/_projectRole.gson
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ model {
     ParatooProject project
 }
 
-json([(project.id):project.paratooAccessLevel])
+json([(project.id):[name:project.paratooAccessLevelName, type:project.paratooAccessLevelType]])
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/paratoo/ParatooProject.groovy b/src/main/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/paratoo/ParatooProject.groovy
index 6a4608fb6..ed8e69134 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/paratoo/ParatooProject.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/paratoo/ParatooProject.groovy
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ class ParatooProject {
         project.getMonitoringProtocolCategories()
     }
 
-    String getParatooAccessLevel() {
+    String getParatooAccessLevelType() {
         String paratooAccessLevel = READ_ONLY
         switch (accessLevel) {
+            case AccessLevel.editor:
             case AccessLevel.admin:
             case AccessLevel.caseManager:
                 paratooAccessLevel = EDITABLE
@@ -42,4 +43,16 @@ class ParatooProject {
         }
         paratooAccessLevel
     }
+
+    String getParatooAccessLevelName() {
+        String paratooAccessLevelName = 'Authenticated'
+        switch (accessLevel) {
+            case AccessLevel.editor:
+            case AccessLevel.admin:
+            case AccessLevel.caseManager:
+                paratooAccessLevelName = 'Project Admin'
+                break;
+        }
+        paratooAccessLevelName
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/ParatooJsonViewSpec.groovy b/src/test/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/ParatooJsonViewSpec.groovy
index 28f91faba..d1802afaa 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/ParatooJsonViewSpec.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/ParatooJsonViewSpec.groovy
@@ -47,13 +47,14 @@ class ParatooJsonViewSpec extends Specification implements JsonViewTest {
         when:
         int[][] projectSpec = [[3, 1, 0], [0, 0, 1], [1, 0, 0]] as int[][]
         List projects = buildProjectsForRendering(projectSpec)
+        projects[2].accessLevel = AccessLevel.readOnly
 
         def result = render(view: "/paratoo/userRoles", model:[projects:projects])
 
         then:"The json is correct"
-        result.json[0] == [(projects[0].id):'project_admin']
-        result.json[1] == [(projects[1].id):'project_admin']
-        result.json[2] == [(projects[2].id):'project_admin']
+        result.json[0] == [(projects[0].id):[name:"Project Admin", type:'project_admin']]
+        result.json[1] == [(projects[1].id):[name:"Project Admin", type:'project_admin']]
+        result.json[2] == [(projects[2].id):[name:"Authenticated", type:'authenticated']]
 
     }