Project Delivery Manager Behaviour Statement Examples

Complete 250-word examples for EO, HEO, SEO and Grade 7 project delivery roles

Project delivery vacancies can assess different Civil Service behaviours. The examples on this page focus on Delivering at Pace, Communicating and Influencing, and Leadership because each closely aligns with core project delivery work.

The advert remains the final guide. Making Effective Decisions, Working Together, Changing and Improving or other behaviours may be used where they better fit the role.

Return to the Civil Service Project Delivery Manager Applications hub for role guidance and links to the personal statement, CV and interview pages.

What strong project delivery behaviour evidence looks like

A behaviour statement needs one focused example. Use most of the word count on your actions and show the choices that affected delivery. Project documents can support the story, although the example should explain what you did with the information.

HEO and SEO share the same official behaviour level. SEO examples should still show wider scale, stronger influence and greater responsibility where the vacancy demands it. Grade 7 examples should show senior leadership, strategic consequences and delivery through others.

Common reasons project behaviour statements score poorly

• The answer describes the project and gives little space to personal action.
• The applicant lists controls such as RAID, plans and dashboards without showing judgement.
• The result is a completed task rather than a delivery outcome.
• The stated behaviour appears only in the final sentence.
• Senior examples rely on job title while the action remains routine.
• The answer claims a perfect result and hides the trade-off, delay or remaining risk.