Tend to embrace future ends when in a secure job (7)
I believe the answer is:
tenured
'in a secure job' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'tend to embrace future ends when' is the wordplay.
'to embrace' is an insertion indicator.
'future ends' becomes 'ur' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'when' becomes 'e' (I've seen this in other clues).
'ur'+'e'='ure'
'tend' going around 'ure' is 'TENURED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tenured that I've seen before include "having secure job" , "Holding a permanent post" , "with a job for life?" , "Unlikely to be removed from office" .)