The BBC is to take on another manager with a potential six-figure salary to help deal with the backlash against its coverage of Israel.

The corporation is seeking to guard against future reputational damage after being accused by the government of “catastrophic failures” following the broadcast of Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone.

The documentary was pulled when it emerged that its main narrator, a boy named Abdullah, was the son of Ayman Alyazouri, the Hamas-run government’s deputy minister of agriculture – a fact not disclosed to viewers.

A review of the broadcast found it broke editorial guidelines, and set out a series of measures to get a grip on coverage of the highly-sensitive Israel-Hamas conflict.

One of these measures is hiring a new director with “editorial oversight across our portfolio of documentaries and current affairs journalism”.

The successful applicant will sit on the news board, made up of powerful figures at the BBC who typically earn more than £200,000.

Deborah Turness, the head of BBC News, earns up to £434,999.