The Administrator

The Administrator is a role within SCP Foundations that is typically held by a single person and is usually reserved for the owner or holder of the Foundation. Foundations may choose a different name for this rank, though the principles are the same. In most cases, the Administrator is the legal owner of the foundation or a company behind it. In some cases, the Administrator rank is forfeited to another person to fulfill its functions, while the legal owner steps back from group politics and covers legal matters. An example for this practice is CreepySins SCPF.

Purpose

The Administator represents the top of the executive, legislative and judicial branch in most foundations, though the degree of participation in foundation politics may differ drastically. Foundations may practice with the Administrator being an essential part in decisionmaking, while others leave their Administrator out of general group politics and reserve their attention for matters of wider importance. The former is usually done by smaller foundations, with larger foundations usually having established bureaucratical procedures to lay off workload from their Administrator.

Executive function

Typical structure of the upper foundation administration

The Administrator is the chief executive of the foundation, often with unchecked authority. In this function, the Administrator is responsible for the general leadership of the foundation and routing group politics. In the early stages of a foundation, the Administrator chooses O5 Councillors by a process of their own liking, with handpicks being a popular way. In most larger foundations, the council appointment process becomes an autonomous process with the Administrator only giving a seal of approval. Impeachment processes often end at the desk of the Administrator.

The Administrator often leads developmental affairs, responsible for the development of the foundations experiences. If the Administrator is the legal owner of the foundation, they are also responsible for signing contracts with developers and directing their work. The development departments of the foundation may have their own bureaucratical structures to load off lower management matters from the Administrator.

In the executive function, the Administrator is the highest point for decisionmaking, having the final say on any matter within the foundation. Furthermore, actions filed against third parties are often signed off by the Administrator. Actions of higher importance, even internal disciplinary actions, may also be signed off by the Administrator. These may be certain blacklist or intelligece precautionary protocols.

The Administrator is furthermore assisted by the Overseer Chairman in executive function, as well as the Overseer Council. Based on foundation structure and individual arrangements, these ranks may not exist or have different purposes.

Legislative function

In the legislative function, the Administrator may either serve in a dictatorial role, an active democratical or passive role. The Administrator usually posesses a veto ability, though some foundations keep their administrator within a legislative process without special abilities. This however is quite rare, as it requires approval from the Administrator, and the promise of the Administrator to abide by the rules. The Administrator can not face consequences for not following these rules.

Most foundation legislature systems feature Executive Orders, providing the Administrator with a quick ability to introduce pieces of legislature at-will without breaking existing legislative systems and orders, provided they are filed correctly. Depending on foundation structure, the Administrator may be in charge of opening, moderating, leading and closing councillor meatings. Foundations featuring different parliaments may have the Administrator fulfil a political function, though this is rare.

Judiary function

The Administrator usually does not serve a function in the primary judiciary process, which is the prosecution and punishment of crimes. This may differ with higher crimes of personnel in foundation administration, though some foundations have developed systems for that. The Administrator rarely plays a role in the secondary judiciary process, this being appeals. They may hear appeals of personnel charged with higher crimes or cases whose matter has been classified from the public by foundation institutions. Due to the high grade of inefficiency and overloading potential, at larger foundations the Administrator does not hear appeals, with systems in the judicary process being established for that.

Office of the Administrator

Different foundations may have different uses of the Office of the Administrator. The Office is a legal body within foundation legislative processes,

Office as individual

A practice done by most foundations is to have the Office of the Administrator being held by the indiviual holding the rank of the Administrator. In this case, the Administrator may executive or declare his actions or will through him as individual, or through his Office. Due to the Administrator often being the legal owner and chief executive, their authority is not bound to an office. Due to this, the Office is rarely established as an individual body in foundation legislature, with most scriptures referring to the individual directly.

Office as division

Some foundations may feature a department or division carrying the name of the Office of the Administrator. This was a practice formerly seen in Daxrentha's and a handful of other foundations. These divisions are usually in the administrative sector, and provide the Administrator with additional staff to lay off matters not important enough for direct attention, or matters that require processing before. Furthermore, the Office may sometimes be the executing body, acting on behalf of the Administrator. Combined with the Office as individual, the Administrator may declare their intentions through the Office. This allows its employees to act on behalf of the Administrator.

Some foundations provide the Administrator with Secretaries, assisting with public outreach. Practices involving the deployment of advisors, with or without department representation, is possible. However, this is extremely rare in practice.