I have essentially been a BA (more of a generalist BA than BSA or BPA) for 11 years.  I rather fell into this work by doing the BA job in whatever position I was formally in.  About midway through this career I was able to put a name to the job I was doing.  My positions have tended to be in small, informal environments where we haven't used formal methodologies and sometimes scant documentation.  So what this means is that as I am now job searching, I am often put in a position of lacking confidence in my skills as a BA.  I know I have a lot to learn but I am also a really good analyst with the skills and aptitudes I do have.

I really want a job where I can help people identify their business system problems, work to build understanding and consensus between and among the stakeholder groups, and to be the go-to-person when new requirements and problems come up.  But I don't want a big, bloated, chaotic, unrealistic disaster of a project.  I like small businesses and projects, but small hasn't offered me formalized training, "named" methodologies, or mentors.

Does anyone have any advice for how to target a job search to find these small niches that need and want a BA?  And in the meantime, what advice would you offer to quickly beef up my skills in a meaningful way?  (If I didn't have to work, I think I'd be a professional student.  I like the structure of a training program, which I can then use as a framework for future project work.)