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Issue 852, Sun 12 July, 2026

Dear Escapees,

At this time of year, life starts looking slightly more negotiable.

The evenings stretch out, the air softens a bit, and suddenly it feels less ridiculous to go somewhere after work rather than straight home to stare at your phone and eat hummus over the sink. You do not need to cycle across Mongolia to feel more alive. Sometimes a small detour will do it. A swim after work. A train to somewhere you have never properly bothered with. Sleeping outside for one night and remembering that birds are outrageously loud at 4.30am.

There is something useful about micro adventures. They interrupt the trance of normal life. They remind you that routine is not the same thing as destiny, and that a bit of novelty can make you see everything else more clearly, including your job.

A lot of career change starts there, actually. Not with a grand plan, just with a flicker. A different conversation. A small act of bravery. A growing suspicion that there may be more out there than the very familiar shape of your current week.

So this week’s Top 10 is a bit like that. Not a full reinvention in one email, which would be asking a lot, but a handful of interesting openings that might take you somewhere new.

Happy Escaping,

Team Escape

• Job Title: Head of People & Culture

  Organisation: TERN (The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network)

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• Job Title: Chief Executive

  Organisation: Big Change

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• Job Title: Senior Ratings Operations Manager

  Organisation: BeZero Carbon

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• Job Title: Financial Director

  Organisation: Origin Coffee

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• Job Title: Operations Manager

  Organisation: Access to Medicines Initiative

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• Job Title: Event Manager

  Organisation: Wildkind

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• Job Title: Head of Marketing & Communications (Maternity cover)

  Organisation: Adaptavate

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• Job Title: School Partnerships Manager

  Organisation: Oak National Academy

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• Job Title: Marketing Manager: Oxygen Capital

  Organisation: Oxygen Conservation

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• Job Title: Chief Executive Officer

  Organisation: Trebah Garden

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