The role of BBC director-general has gone live on the BBC careers website following Tim Davie’s resignation.

The BBC has started recruitment for a new director-general following Tim Davie’s resignation.

The advert for the top BBC job went live on Monday after Mr Davie announced earlier this month that he would be stepping down from the role.

It comes after a leaked memo on impartiality, written by Michael Prescott, a former external adviser to the BBC’s editorial standards committee, outlined concerns that a Panorama episode selectively edited a speech made by President Donald Trump before the attack on the US Capitol in 2021.

The search will be headed by the leadership advisory firm Egon Zehnder, with the deadline to apply listed as December 31.

The job specification describes the ro

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