Follower getting a job with the French (7)
I believe the answer is:
apostle
'follower' is the definition.
(the apostles were followers of Jesus)
'a job with the french' is the wordplay.
'job' becomes 'post' (post is a kind of job).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'a'+'post'+'le'='APOSTLE'
'getting' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for apostle that I've seen before include "Leaps to find teacher of faith" , "One of the biblical twelve (7)well don" , "Chosen disciple" , "E.g. St Paul" , "Teacher of new faith or movement" .)