BBC bosses were last night accused of “fleecing” licence fee-payers by hiring a £125,000-a-year diversity chief.
The hefty six-figure salary is being offered for the next Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at the Corporation.
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They will be responsible for creating “an inclusive workplace culture where everyone feels they can belong”.
The revelation comes as Beeb Director-General Tim Davie has already been under pressure this week from MPs over a controversial documentary on Gaza and retrieving £200,000 salary from disgraced Huw Edwards.
A job description also says the successful candidate will instil diversity and inclusion in the broadcaster’s “official reporting” and campaigns.
The BBC is already facing accusations of being overly woke, with shows like Doctor Who and EastEnders criticised for new storylines.
The new role was attacked last night by a Tory MP who said the Beeb was top heavy with management roles.
Tory MP Joe Robertson: “Once again, British license fee payers are being fleeced- more overpaid management roles means more rubbish on the telly.
“Diversity and inclusion should already be embedded throughout the BBC and supported by the HR department in the normal way. These grossly overpaid DEI roles need to be scrapped.
“The NHS is just as bad- stop wasting our money and start delivering better value for taxpayers.”
The BBC’s DEI push stands in contrast to Donald Trump’s administration scrapping a slew of taxpayer-funded roles.
The corporation has already been under fire in recent weeks after it spent £400,000 on licence payers’ cash making a documentary branded a propaganda show for terror group Hamas.
The main narrator was teen Abdulla Eliyazour who was revealed to be the son of senior Hamas official Dr Ayman Al-Yazouri.
It forced BBC chiefs to issue a grovelling apology and take the programme down from the iPlayer app and launch a probe.
BBC director general Tim Davie has previously criticised government cuts to the BBC budget, last year calling them “shortsighted”.
The licence fee is going up by £5 next month to £174.50 in a move signed off by the Labour government.
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has pledged an “honest national conversation about the broadcaster’s long-term future”.
A BBC spokesperson said: “The BBC has a duty, under its Royal Charter, to ensure the views and voices of all communities across the UK are reflected and represented in our workforce and our output, which this role will be key in supporting.”
