POL00374556 - Branch Training and Support Programme PPT

Evidence on official site

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Branch Training and Support Programme

“As-ls” Experience for Branches

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Applicant =>

Pre- appointment (process/PO contacts)

Contacts points

Website
FCA

Advert

Existing links/Spmr
Death in service or
familly transfer
Business transfer
agents

IRIS

(online application)
Contact points

=> Interview

Contact points

+ Contracts Advisor
+ ASM (if applicants)
+ FCA (occasionally)

NFSP-

HR

Website

AAPT

FCA

Multiples Rel. Manager
ASM

Business T/A

Other POL people
Finance — Business plan
Accounts

CRB disclosure interview
Temp spmr advisor

Decision

Contact points

PO to Applicant

+ Contracts Advisor
FCA (occasionally)

+ Verbal conf.

+ Written conf.

+ Temp spmr advisor

Applicant to PO
+ Signed Contract

Temporary subpostmaster process is very stark compared to this. No assessment made on suitability of person to run the

branch.

Experience very much varies on the type of branch you operate. If the branch is a new model, this is a combination of the touch
points. If you are transferring on a standard SPSO contract because your branch type doesn't fit the model, and you are a non-
ASM managed branch then the interaction is very limited.

NT and some of the objectives to hit the numbers appear to be driving the multitude of people contacting the branch in the
objective to achieve and deliver the numbers. This objective is also driving some decisions to be made outside of policy.

At this stage of the process, we are still in what we need from the agent and aren't even considering what they need from the
partnership/relationship going forward. It’s all about what we want from them rather than what we can do for them.

Because of the subsequent relationship we then have with the subpostmaster in business as usual, we don’t maximise the skill
set of the people we have in the network and what expertise, learning they can bring to us.
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Prepare

for change

Contact points

PO to applicant

+ Scheduling
FSA

+ FCA

+ RLB, NCA, Multiples
Mgr, Imp! Mgrs.

+ ASM

+ Sales Cap Mgrs.

Applicant to PO
+ HR

+ AAPT

+ Network Scheduling

+ FCA

+ NCA

+ NSBCC - Contact Mgr.

Other
+ Existing SPMR
+ Camelot

Pre transfer
training
Contact points

+ FSA
+ Sales Capability

Issues

+ Non-live Horizon lit

+ No Customer contact

+ — Content not fit for
purpose

+ Attendance

+ Training the trainer

+ Timelines (

Pre- appointment (process/PO contacts)

Transfer &

on site
support
Contacts

FSA
Sales
Capability
Mars
ASMs
FCA

NCA, RLB
SSM
Scheduling

SPMR other
challenges

Move
house
Bought
business
Retail side
Staff

Induction

Contact points
4 month PTV

+ 3month PTV

+ 6-9 month PTV

+ FSA

+ ASM

+ TAM

+ Field Team leader

+ Quality Assurance

Issues

+ Inconsistency in
approach

+ Different
approaches e.g
direct numbers,
visits.

+ Different FSA from
classroom

Again, this experience is dependent on what type of branch you are. If you fit into the temporary subpostmaster

ALSO.

COMPLEXITY ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE INVOLVED, LACK OF JOIN UP

CONSIDERATION OF LEARNING NEEDS

APPLYING REASONABLENESS TO INDIVIDUALS (IE. SOME TAKE LONGER, NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL)
SPSO CONVERSION - PROBABLY COVERED IN YOUR BRANCH TYPES

WE DON'T TRAIN PEOPLE IN HOW TO RUN A BUSINESS OR OPERATE A SYSTEM UNDER BRANCH PRESURES

ASK FOR A BUSINESS PLAN BUT DON'T REALY USE OR BUILD ON THIS.
BETTER FLEXIBILITY ON APPROACH (IE. NOT ALL TRAINING AT ONCE)

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Branch Business As Usual (BAU)

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Get fal Ceah then Approved CViT
>
Cash Team \ > limit (6K) then schedule
helpline discussion to

approve or not

Get = Call Cash
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Coins tpi

helpline
First Rate

oh Pela replenishment?
Bureau
On demand First Rate
and Euro
Dollar

Order via HNG

Ring NBSC ®

ALSO.

EXPERIENCE FROM TEAMS/INDIVIDUALS IS DIFFERENT
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Branch Issues - Business As Usual (BAU)

issues

(multi teams e.g.

Process is

Field team eee
to resolve be lorkload drive
we peal + Client Contract criven
Scheduling Client/Partner, + Transaction Process
y + Customer behaviour
Branch ' Managed + Data protection
Support Services
t FSC or Resolution could be any
NsBC one of the teams
Crown ASM Contact
Multipl Mgmt. Manager
“. For financial
issues
All Network Field
FSC generate Known teams
. ee i
C's transactional c
<———________ Customer Care

a Security checks
FSC calling to (Scratch cards)
prevent TC's

Suppliers direct calls

ATM, lottery, Wincor, Romec,
banking etc) Branch Standard NBSC outbound Branch Support Ingenico, Cogent ete

Proactive (Managed Calls

conformance Services) and = individual customer

- DVLA Managed Service complaints

- ATM balancing Directly - Client driven

- Compliance Client driven

Test issues

Finance Service Centre would be multiple teams in this process

ALSO.

GENERALL FOR ALL SLIDES - WHY DO WE MANAGE CROWN AND AGENCY SEPARATELY (BOTH MUST HAVE SIMILAR ISSUES,

COULD WE BE LEARNING BETTER, MAKING IT LESS OF AN US AND THEM)
SUPPORT FOR SPMRS - NEED TO FORMALISE THIS AND MANAGE BETTER,

SUPPLIERS - EXAMPLES WHERE WE ARE NOT MANAGING HOW OUR SUPPLIERS MANAGE/WORK WITH SPMRS

NO MI ON HOW OFTEN OR HOW GOOD INTERACTIONS WITH BRANCHES ARE (AND WHETHER WE DEAL WITH THERE ISSUES)
ALSO NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CHANGE SPMR BEHAVIOUR (GET THEM COMFORTABLE USING THE PROCESSES)
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Branch Issues - Business As Usual (BAU)

Field team erste is ad
to resolve s lorkload drive
we peal + Client Contract driven
Scheduling Client/Partner, + Transaction Process
yy + Customer behaviour
Biensh t Managed * Data protection
Support Services
t FSC or Resolution could be any
NsBC one of the teams
Crown ASM Contract
Multiples Mgmt. Manager
NESP Unknown

<< :
transactional
issues

Social Media ee
(official and
unofficial)

Senior MP's JFSA
Stakeholders

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Branch Issues - Equipment (BAU)

HSD

NBSC
Mobile vans

Cash carrying case

Horizon
Career wear

Date stamps a

Currency a7

Roller cash
Phone lines

Depends whether
split billing in place

Issues

Fujitsu + No sense of ownership
outsourced + Lack of feedback
engineer + Timescales for resolution

Supplier management
Ml and visibility of contact

Bank of Ireland

- —
Wincor

4

Px Pa Post Office

_A7 Wincor

Fini &Go

ar ait on —> Ingenico

Swag ——> Cogent
eS,
Safes ——> Romec or insafe
Scales
Locks

Alarms

Camelot

The branch is required to go to the supplier direct. No visibility is given to the types of branches who are experiencing

equipment issues.

Escalation points will also be Area Sales Managers, Post Office personnel, Senior Stakeholders, NBSC, Crown Management and
Paula etc. Once it gets escalated, the issue resolution usually ends up in Dave Hulbert’s area.

Branches going through the Network Transformation Programme and Crown Transformation are project managed. The main
people who get involved here are the FCA, the NCA and RLB. If there are multiple partner branches going through the process
then there is also an implementation manager involved in the process.
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Network
Operations

FTLs

(via Projects
and
Standards)

Sales
Capability

Regional
Sales
Managers

Regional
sales
Capability
Managers
Sales
Capability
Managers

TAM

Network &
Sales Perf.
Manager

Sales Dev.
Team

Crown
Sales
Training
Team
Mails Dev.
Manager

Teams involved in branch training

Financial
Services

Mortgage
Specialists

Crowns

Branch
Managers

Assistant
Managers

HR

Sales and
Perf.
managers

Retail
relationship
managers

Partner
relationship
managers

BAU operational training largely falls to FSAs, but NBSC, Branch
Standards, FSC teams, Cash Management and Security
depending on the gap identified

Clients

Parcelforce

FRES

Wincor

Camelot

There is no clear owner for training. Everybody thinks they own various parts of training. Most are transactional based trainers

and there isn’t a large input from the type of skills that are being trained out.
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Communication types and originators

i FSC ASMs
Commercial HR SCMs

teams
n Agent
Project u Phonec Development
Managers
Network Hub card Branch
Standards

Clients Contract
= Advisor
Compliance s
Security
NCAs
Managed
Services
Suppliers

Senior FCAs ‘.
Crown Multiples leaders
Customer Care
management structure Branch
Support

The way the business operates means that there are inconsistencies in the quality of the communication produced and
everybody thinks they own branch communication. There is no visibility of who is saying what to branches.

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Performance Management
PDR

I mais I prowess
Prod

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Compliance ; Contractual

action
Security

Mystery shops
—

The slide just indicates the process for cash. This is high level but represents the complexity of the process, the number of
people involved and the touchpoint with the branch.

The other point is also that the end result depends on the type of branch, and again, the consequences are inconsistent,
depending on branch type.

There is no single view for the branch in terms of what they are being measured against and what the priorities are.
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Exit process — No performance issues

Reason => Appointment = Audit and S> Late Account

+ ASM
Other POL people

Temp subpostmaster
advisor

esi process transfer
. esignation
+ Death in Service °. - Contact points Contact points
+ NTLeaver ‘ontact points * Contracts Former Agent Debt team
. re Advisor Contract Manager
2 RR + Network
febsite Scheduling
+ AAPT + FSA
+ FCA + Te
+ Multiples Rel. Manager iia
. subpostmaster
+ ASM advisor
+ Business T/A

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Exit process — No performance issues

Reason => Appointment = Audit and S> Late Account

+ ASM
Other POL people

Temp subpostmaster
advisor

esi process transfer
. esignation
+ Death in Service °. - Contact points Contact points
+ NTLeaver ‘ontact points * Contracts Former Agent Debt team
. re Advisor Contract Manager
2 RR + Network
febsite Scheduling
+ AAPT + FSA
+ FCA + Te
+ Multiples Rel. Manager iia
. subpostmaster
+ ASM advisor
+ Business T/A

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Exit process — Performance issues

Issue => Audit => Investigation = Decision/Outcome
identified

+ Contractual breach + Suspension decision with meus , Scenarios ,
> freee atadt Adee cad + Contracts Advisor + Resignation to avoid
+ Audit risk model member of Senior Lead andi Secumiy running femineton
+ Eahestcecme ‘can investigation in + Summary termination
+ Random audit + Temp spmr advisor parallel * 3 months notice
tel here + Lack of investigation
before suspension — Andlor prosecution
" suspension is carried out uSDE
Contact points. Secu nolled and suspension is trigger
patel rather than result Appeals allowed for summary
+ Branch Standards Make 8 docs + Inconsistent termination, leading to:
+ Security cs treatment of agent
+ Decision may not be to
+ Branch Support perenne + Further financial + Up-held leading to
+ ASM corer forintenton hardship to agent application process starts
+ FSC + Inconsistent info + Overtumed and reinstated
+ Retail cash share with agent + 3 months notice given
+ Lack of quality either with or without

measure for charge cha

casework handling
+ Lack of MI to
identify cause of
loss

Glossary of terms

FSA
CA
RBL
NCA
ASM
SSM
SCM
FCA
HR
AAPT
PTV
TAM

Field Support Advisor

Contracts Advisor

(Contractor managing NT changes)
Network Change Advisor

Area Sales Manager

Stakeholder Support Manager
Sales Capability Manager

Field Change Advisor

Human Resources

Agent Application and Appointment Team
Post Transfer Visit

Telephone Account Managers

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