diff --git a/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/SideBarActions.js b/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/SideBarActions.js
index ba0da4b513a84efbc2e01a4f432cfb050d5719e5..2e61402208fc3076b1c8351701cb6ec2689b0da8 100644
--- a/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/SideBarActions.js
+++ b/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/SideBarActions.js
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
 import React from 'react'
-import { th, Icon } from '@pubsweet/ui'
+import { get } from 'lodash'
+import { connect } from 'react-redux'
 import styled from 'styled-components'
+import { th, Icon } from '@pubsweet/ui'
+import { compose, withProps } from 'recompose'
 import ZipFiles from 'pubsweet-components-faraday/src/components/Files/ZipFiles'
 import { Recommendation } from 'pubsweet-components-faraday/src/components/MakeRecommendation'
 
 import { MakeDecision } from './'
 
-const SideBarActions = ({ project, version, currentUserIs }) => (
+const SideBarActions = ({
+  project,
+  version,
+  currentUserIs,
+  canMakeRecommendation,
+}) => (
   <Root>
     {currentUserIs('adminEiC') && <MakeDecision />}
-    {currentUserIs('isHE') && (
+    {canMakeRecommendation && (
       <Recommendation
         collectionId={project.id}
         fragmentId={version.id}
@@ -28,7 +36,27 @@ const SideBarActions = ({ project, version, currentUserIs }) => (
   </Root>
 )
 
-export default SideBarActions
+const isHEToManuscript = (state, collectionId) => {
+  const currentUserId = get(state, 'currentUser.user.id')
+  const collections = get(state, 'collections') || []
+  const collection = collections.find(c => c.id === collectionId) || {}
+  const collectionInvitations = get(collection, 'invitations') || []
+  const userInvitation = collectionInvitations.find(
+    i => i.role === 'handlingEditor' && i.userId === currentUserId,
+  )
+
+  return userInvitation ? userInvitation.isAccepted : false
+}
+
+export default compose(
+  connect((state, { project }) => ({
+    isHEToManuscript: isHEToManuscript(state, project.id),
+  })),
+  withProps(({ isHEToManuscript, project }) => ({
+    canMakeRecommendation:
+      isHEToManuscript && get(project, 'status') === 'reviewCompleted',
+  })),
+)(SideBarActions)
 
 // #region styled-components
 const Root = styled.div`