For the last four years I've not really had a meaninful job title of job description. And I'm begining to feel the impact.

When I'm asked what I do - I tend to respond with something of a burbled vague description of being an IT consultant also working on young people's participation, or a participation consultant who also runs an IT firm. I'm I'm lucky I manage to give a rambling description of some project which helps whoever I'm talking to understand what my the job description I've just given means in practise. However, more often than not I collase into mild-incomprehensibility and the questioner quickly moves onto the next person.

Of course, part of this tells me that I really need to improve my communication skills and ability to give concise summaries of complex things. But it also tells me that I've got myself caught between trying to fit into job descriptions when the way I really want to work I is driven by a skill set and set of interests - not the remit of description of a particular 'job'. Which brings a challenge...

I need to develop my job description... and ideally work out how to express that as a job title in five words or less.

I'm not going to rush the process... I'm setting myself till the start of May to work out what it is that I want to focus on over the coming years, and to work out the job description that will help me keep, and importantly, express to others that focus. But I'd really love to get input from the Network...

What do you call yourself in acting as a consulant or technical assistant for youth engagement (or what are you called by your employer)? What are the key points in your job description? If you could have any title - what would it be?