diff --git a/ui/src/app/app.component.html b/ui/src/app/app.component.html
index fe988c62f..f29cfd620 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/app.component.html
+++ b/ui/src/app/app.component.html
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
                         routerLink="/metadata/provider/wizard"
                         routerLinkActive="active"
                         [attr.aria-label]="'action.add-new-provider' | translate"
-                        role="button">
+                        role="button"
+                        *ngIf="isAdmin$ | async">
                         <i class="fa fa-cubes fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i>
                         &nbsp;
                         <translate-i18n key="label.metadata-provider">Metadata Provider</translate-i18n>
diff --git a/ui/src/app/app.component.ts b/ui/src/app/app.component.ts
index f0ac72720..57119404d 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { I18nService } from './i18n/service/i18n.service';
 import { SetLocale } from './i18n/action/message.action';
 import { brand } from './app.brand';
 import { Brand } from './core/model/brand';
+import { UserLoadRequestAction } from './core/action/user.action';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'app-root',
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
     formatted$: Observable<string>;
     today = new Date();
     year = new Date().getFullYear();
+    isAdmin$: Observable<boolean>;
 
     brand: Brand = brand;
 
@@ -35,9 +37,11 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
     ) {
         this.version$ = this.store.select(fromRoot.getVersionInfo);
         this.formatted$ = this.version$.pipe(map(this.formatter));
+        this.isAdmin$ = this.store.select(fromRoot.isCurrentUserAdmin);
     }
 
     ngOnInit(): void {
+        this.store.dispatch(new UserLoadRequestAction());
         this.store.dispatch(new VersionInfoLoadRequestAction());
         this.store.dispatch(new SetLocale(this.i18nService.getCurrentLocale()));
     }
diff --git a/ui/src/app/core/action/user.action.ts b/ui/src/app/core/action/user.action.ts
index 2aa273f9a..8ab396e12 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/core/action/user.action.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/core/action/user.action.ts
@@ -1,39 +1,42 @@
 import { Action } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { User } from '../model/user';
 
-export const USER_LOAD_REQUEST = '[Auth] User REQUEST';
-export const USER_LOAD_SUCCESS = '[Auth] User SUCCESS';
-export const USER_LOAD_ERROR = '[Auth] User ERROR';
-export const REDIRECT = '[Auth] User Redirect';
+
+export enum CurrentUserActionTypes {
+    USER_LOAD_REQUEST = '[Current User] Load User Request',
+    USER_LOAD_SUCCESS = '[Current User] Load User Success',
+    USER_LOAD_ERROR = '[Current User] Load User Fail',
+    REDIRECT = '[Current User] Redirect'
+}
 
 /**
  * Add User to Collection Actions
  */
 export class UserLoadRequestAction implements Action {
-    readonly type = USER_LOAD_REQUEST;
+    readonly type = CurrentUserActionTypes.USER_LOAD_REQUEST;
 
     constructor() { }
 }
 
 export class UserLoadSuccessAction implements Action {
-    readonly type = USER_LOAD_SUCCESS;
+    readonly type = CurrentUserActionTypes.USER_LOAD_SUCCESS;
 
     constructor(public payload: User) { }
 }
 
 export class UserLoadErrorAction implements Action {
-    readonly type = USER_LOAD_ERROR;
+    readonly type = CurrentUserActionTypes.USER_LOAD_ERROR;
 
     constructor(public payload: { message: string }) { }
 }
 
 export class UserRedirect implements Action {
-    readonly type = REDIRECT;
+    readonly type = CurrentUserActionTypes.REDIRECT;
 
     constructor(public payload: string) { }
 }
 
-export type Actions =
+export type CurrentUserActionsUnion =
     | UserLoadRequestAction
     | UserLoadSuccessAction
     | UserLoadErrorAction
diff --git a/ui/src/app/core/effect/user.effect.ts b/ui/src/app/core/effect/user.effect.ts
index 095267bff..5417fa999 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/core/effect/user.effect.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/core/effect/user.effect.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,19 @@ import { Effect, Actions, ofType } from '@ngrx/effects';
 import { of } from 'rxjs';
 import { map, tap, catchError, switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
-import * as user from '../action/user.action';
-import { LoadRoleRequest, LoadRoleFail, LoadRoleSuccess, ConfigurationActionTypes } from '../action/configuration.action';
+import {
+    LoadRoleRequest,
+    LoadRoleFail,
+    LoadRoleSuccess,
+    ConfigurationActionTypes
+} from '../action/configuration.action';
+import {
+    UserLoadRequestAction,
+    CurrentUserActionTypes,
+    UserLoadSuccessAction,
+    UserLoadErrorAction,
+    UserRedirect
+} from '../action/user.action';
 import { UserService } from '../service/user.service';
 
 @Injectable()
@@ -23,10 +34,22 @@ export class UserEffects {
         )
     );
 
+    @Effect()
+    loadCurrentUser$ = this.actions$.pipe(
+        ofType<UserLoadRequestAction>(CurrentUserActionTypes.USER_LOAD_REQUEST),
+        switchMap(() =>
+            this.userService.getCurrentUser()
+                .pipe(
+                    map(user => new UserLoadSuccessAction(user)),
+                    catchError(error => of(new UserLoadErrorAction(error)))
+                )
+        )
+    );
+
     @Effect({dispatch: false})
     redirect$ = this.actions$.pipe(
-        ofType(user.REDIRECT),
-        map((action: user.UserRedirect) => action.payload),
+        ofType(CurrentUserActionTypes.REDIRECT),
+        map((action: UserRedirect) => action.payload),
         tap(path => {
             window.location.href = path;
         })
diff --git a/ui/src/app/core/model/user.ts b/ui/src/app/core/model/user.ts
index 37d05212e..27375c23e 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/core/model/user.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/core/model/user.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 export interface User {
-    id: string;
+    username: string;
     role: string;
-    name: {
-        first: string,
-        last: string
-    };
+    firstName: string;
+    lastName: string;
+    emailAddress: string;
 }
diff --git a/ui/src/app/core/reducer/index.ts b/ui/src/app/core/reducer/index.ts
index 9d9f91dec..edf4c41b7 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/core/reducer/index.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/core/reducer/index.ts
@@ -41,3 +41,5 @@ export const getVersionError = createSelector(getVersionState, fromVersion.getVe
 
 export const getConfigState = createSelector(getCoreFeature, getConfigStateFn);
 export const getRoles = createSelector(getConfigState, fromConfig.getRoles);
+
+export const isCurrentUserAdmin = createSelector(getUser, user => user.role === 'ROLE_ADMIN');
diff --git a/ui/src/app/core/reducer/user.reducer.ts b/ui/src/app/core/reducer/user.reducer.ts
index b18810b2c..2510d5c5e 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/core/reducer/user.reducer.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/core/reducer/user.reducer.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import { createSelector, createFeatureSelector } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { User } from '../model/user';
-import * as user from '../action/user.action';
-import * as fromRoot from '../../core/reducer';
+import {
+    CurrentUserActionTypes,
+    CurrentUserActionsUnion
+} from '../action/user.action';
 
 export interface UserState {
     fetching: boolean;
@@ -18,20 +19,20 @@ export const initialState: UserState = {
     error: null
 };
 
-export function reducer(state = initialState, action: user.Actions): UserState {
+export function reducer(state = initialState, action: CurrentUserActionsUnion): UserState {
     switch (action.type) {
-        case user.USER_LOAD_REQUEST: {
+        case CurrentUserActionTypes.USER_LOAD_REQUEST: {
             return Object.assign({}, state, {
                 fetching: true
             });
         }
-        case user.USER_LOAD_SUCCESS: {
+        case CurrentUserActionTypes.USER_LOAD_SUCCESS: {
             return Object.assign({}, state, {
                 fetching: false,
                 user: action.payload
             });
         }
-        case user.USER_LOAD_ERROR: {
+        case CurrentUserActionTypes.USER_LOAD_ERROR: {
             return Object.assign({}, state, {
                 fetching: false,
                 user: null,
diff --git a/ui/src/app/core/service/user.service.ts b/ui/src/app/core/service/user.service.ts
index e44e16bce..3a72d1a4a 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/core/service/user.service.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/core/service/user.service.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { Observable, of } from 'rxjs';
 import { User } from '../model/user';
 import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { catchError } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class UserService {
@@ -17,4 +18,18 @@ export class UserService {
             `${this.base}/supportedRoles`
         );
     }
+
+    getCurrentUser(): Observable<User> {
+        return this.http.get<User>(
+            `${this.base}/user`
+        ).pipe(
+            catchError(err => of({
+                username: 'abc123',
+                firstName: 'Foo',
+                lastName: 'Bar',
+                role: 'ROLE_USER',
+                emailAddress: 'foo@unicon.net'
+            } as User))
+        );
+    }
 } /* istanbul ignore next */
diff --git a/ui/src/app/dashboard/container/dashboard.component.html b/ui/src/app/dashboard/container/dashboard.component.html
index 0a9e4319f..09c647146 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/dashboard/container/dashboard.component.html
+++ b/ui/src/app/dashboard/container/dashboard.component.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
                 Metadata Sources
             </a>
         </li>
-        <li class="nav-item">
+        <li class="nav-item" *ngIf="isAdmin$ | async">
             <a class="nav-link"
                 [routerLink]="['./', 'metadata', 'manager', 'providers']"
                 routerLinkActive="active"
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
                 Metadata Providers
             </a>
         </li>
-        <li class="nav-item">
+        <li class="nav-item" *ngIf="isAdmin$ | async">
             <a class="nav-link"
                 [routerLink]="['./', 'users', 'admin']"
                 routerLinkActive="active"
diff --git a/ui/src/app/dashboard/container/dashboard.component.ts b/ui/src/app/dashboard/container/dashboard.component.ts
index 645a19559..c8562dfb1 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/dashboard/container/dashboard.component.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/dashboard/container/dashboard.component.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ import { Component, ChangeDetectionStrategy } from '@angular/core';
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 
 import * as fromRoot from '../../app.reducer';
+import * as fromCore from '../../core/reducer';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { User } from '../../core/model/user';
+import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'dashboard-page',
@@ -11,8 +15,13 @@ import * as fromRoot from '../../app.reducer';
 })
 export class DashboardPageComponent {
 
+    user$: Observable<User>;
+    isAdmin$: Observable<boolean>;
+
     constructor(
         private store: Store<fromRoot.State>
     ) {
+        this.user$ = this.store.select(fromCore.getUser);
+        this.isAdmin$ = this.store.select(fromCore.isCurrentUserAdmin);
     }
 }
diff --git a/ui/src/app/dashboard/dashboard.module.ts b/ui/src/app/dashboard/dashboard.module.ts
index 0b6d332b4..4aa642ca8 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/dashboard/dashboard.module.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/dashboard/dashboard.module.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
+import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
 
 import { I18nModule } from '../i18n/i18n.module';
 import { CustomWidgetRegistry } from '../schema-form/registry';
@@ -8,8 +9,10 @@ import { DashboardRoutingModule } from './dashboard.routing';
 import { MetadataModule } from '../metadata/metadata.module';
 import { UserModule } from '../user/user.module';
 
+
 @NgModule({
     imports: [
+        CommonModule,
         DashboardRoutingModule,
         MetadataModule,
         UserModule,