diff --git a/app/models/ability.rb b/app/models/ability.rb
index 7ffc7ed3..994ea140 100644
--- a/app/models/ability.rb
+++ b/app/models/ability.rb
@@ -54,12 +54,15 @@ def processor
     # Allow processors to see the admin dashboard link in the main site nav. See the _site_nav layout for more info.
     can :administrate, Admin
 
-    # Authorize processors to use all submitter dashboard controller actions. If not, any attempts to access the
-    # dashboard will trigger Admin::ApplicationController#authorized_or_redirect.
+    # Authorize processors to use all submitter and advisor dashboard controller actions. If not,
+    # any attempts to access the dashboard will trigger
+    # Admin::ApplicationController#authorized_or_redirect.
+    can :manage, :advisor
     can :manage, :submitter
 
-    # Authorize processors to access submitter model. If not, administrate will raise a NotAuthorizedError when
-    # controller methods are called.
+    # Authorize processors to access submitter and advisor model. If not, administrate will raise a
+    # NotAuthorizedError when controller methods are called.
+    can :manage, Advisor
     can :manage, Submitter
 
     can :files, Report
diff --git a/test/integration/admin/admin_advisor_test.rb b/test/integration/admin/admin_advisor_test.rb
index 17f7c23c..d7c49ac7 100644
--- a/test/integration/admin/admin_advisor_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/admin/admin_advisor_test.rb
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ def delete_advisor_denied
   end
 
   test 'processors can create advisors via admin dashboard' do
-    skip('Processors currently can not _use_ the admin dashboard, so this fails.')
     mock_auth(users(:processor))
     create_advisor
   end
@@ -188,7 +187,6 @@ def delete_advisor_denied
   end
 
   test 'processors can edit advisors through admin dashboard' do
-    skip('Processors currently can not _use_ the admin dashboard, so this fails.')
     mock_auth(users(:processor))
     edit_advisor_name
   end
@@ -215,7 +213,6 @@ def delete_advisor_denied
   end
 
   test 'processors can assign theses to advisors via advisor form' do
-    skip('Processors currently can not _use_ the admin dashboard, so this fails.')
     mock_auth(users(:processor))
     assign_advisor_to_thesis
   end
@@ -242,7 +239,6 @@ def delete_advisor_denied
   end
 
   test 'processors can delete an advisor' do
-    skip('Processors currently can not _use_ the admin dashboard, so this fails.')
     mock_auth(users(:processor))
     delete_advisor
   end
diff --git a/test/integration/admin/admin_department_thesis_test.rb b/test/integration/admin/admin_department_thesis_test.rb
index 13cfe467..1d4e02f1 100644
--- a/test/integration/admin/admin_department_thesis_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/admin/admin_department_thesis_test.rb
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@ def teardown
   end
 
   test 'can edit department_thesis through admin dashboard' do
-    skip('This test is failing in GitHub Actions and passing everywhere else. We are skipping it until we fix it in CI.')
     mock_auth(users(:thesis_admin))
-    link = DepartmentThesis.first
+    link = department_theses(:primary)
     assert_not_equal false, link.primary
     patch admin_department_thesis_path(link),
           params: { department_thesis: { primary: false } }
diff --git a/test/integration/thesis_test.rb b/test/integration/thesis_test.rb
index 6f350291..7aff419e 100644
--- a/test/integration/thesis_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/thesis_test.rb
@@ -63,15 +63,6 @@ def teardown
     assert_select 'span.error', text: Thesis::VALIDATION_MSGS[:departments]
   end
 
-  test 'invalid files message' do
-    skip('Unclear why this used to pass but now fails, but the data model never properly validated attached thesis so this failing is not surprising')
-    mock_auth(users(:basic))
-    params = @thesis_params
-    params[:files] = nil
-    post thesis_index_path, params: { thesis: params }
-    assert_select "input.required[data-msg='#{Thesis::VALIDATION_MSGS[:files]}']"
-  end
-
   test 'coauthor field' do
     mock_auth(users(:basic))
     orig_count = Thesis.count
diff --git a/test/jobs/preservation_submission_job_test.rb b/test/jobs/preservation_submission_job_test.rb
index 4ce72456..dcea8865 100644
--- a/test/jobs/preservation_submission_job_test.rb
+++ b/test/jobs/preservation_submission_job_test.rb
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ def stub_apt_lambda_200_failure
       )
   end
 
+  def stub_apt_lambda_bad_request
+    stub_request(:post, ENV.fetch('APT_LAMBDA_URL', nil))
+      .to_return(
+        status: 400,
+        body: { error: 'Invalid input payload' }.to_json,
+        headers: { 'Content-Type' => 'application/json' }
+      )
+  end
+
   test 'sends report emails on success' do
     stub_apt_lambda_success
     ClimateControl.modify DISABLE_ALL_EMAIL: 'false' do
@@ -175,10 +184,18 @@ def stub_apt_lambda_200_failure
     assert_equal 1, another_good_thesis.archivematica_payloads.count
   end
 
-  test 'throws exceptions and probably creates payloads when a bad key is provided' do
-    skip('Test not implemented yet')
-    # Our lambda returns 400 Bad Request with a error body of Invalid input payload
-    # This should never happen as we submit it via ENV, but just in case we should understand what it looks like
+  test 'creates payloads when a a 400 error is returned' do
+    stub_apt_lambda_bad_request
+    thesis = setup_thesis
+    assert_equal 0, thesis.archivematica_payloads.count
+
+    # The job handles the 400 error gracefully.
+    PreservationSubmissionJob.perform_now([thesis])
+
+    # Confirms that payloads are created even when a 400 Bad Request is returned, but the payload
+    # is not preserved.
+    assert_equal 1, thesis.archivematica_payloads.count
+    assert_equal 'unpreserved', thesis.archivematica_payloads.last.preservation_status
   end
 
   test 'retries on 502 Bad Gateway errors' do