Systems Data Migration Specialist

LCI-Lawinger Consulting; Minneota (MN); Hybrid; USD 76,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

LCI-Lawinger Consulting is seeking a detail-oriented Systems Data Migration Specialist for a remote or hybrid arrangement, located in the Twin Cities area. The contractor will migrate fundraising data from Raiser’s Edge into a SQL database, preparing it for Neon CRM implementation.

The role focuses on extracting, profiling, cleaning, mapping, and validating donor-related data, building a robust staging schema, and delivering migration-ready datasets with comprehensive documentation.

Qualifications

• Experience with exporting, profiling, cleaning, and standardizing data from Raiser’s Edge.
• Strong SQL skills for creating staging databases, transformation rules, and validation queries.
• Experience with CRM or donor-management system migrations; Neon CRM familiarity is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Extract, profile, clean, and standardize data from Raiser’s Edge (donor, gift, campaign, event, membership data).
• Design and maintain a structured SQL staging database for migrated records.
• Map key data fields and create a data dictionary and transformation rules for migration workflows.
• Identify duplicates, incomplete records, formatting inconsistencies, and data-quality issues.
• Develop SQL queries/scripts to validate record counts, relationships, and data integrity.
• Collaborate with staff to resolve data exceptions and confirm business rules.
• Prepare clean, validated export files and documentation for Neon CRM migration.

Skills

SQL

Data cleaning

Data transformation

Data validation

Attention to detail

Discretion/Confidentiality

Tools

Raiser’s Edge

Neon CRM

SQL scripting

Job description

Title: Systems Data Migration Specialist
Engagement: 10–15 hours/week for approximately 3 months
Location: Remote or hybrid, as needed; (located in the Twin Cities)
Pay: ~$55-$65/hr.

Overview

We are seeking a detail-oriented contractor to support the migration of fundraising and constituent data from Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge into a SQL database, preparing the data for an eventual implementation and import into Neon CRM.

Responsibilities

• Extract, profile, clean, and standardize data from Raiser’s Edge.

• Design and maintain a structured SQL staging database for migrated records.

• Map key data fields, including constituent, donation, campaign, event, membership, and relationship data.

• Identify duplicates, incomplete records, formatting inconsistencies, and data-quality issues.

• Create documented transformation rules, data dictionaries, and migration workflows.

• Develop SQL queries/scripts to validate record counts, relationships, and data integrity.

• Collaborate with staff to resolve data exceptions and confirm business rules.

• Prepare clean, validated export files and documentation for the future Neon CRM migration.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience with Raiser’s Edge data extraction and nonprofit fundraising databases.

• Strong SQL skills, including data cleaning, transformation, validation, and reporting queries.

• Experience with CRM or donor-management system migrations; Neon CRM experience is preferred.

• Familiarity with nonprofit data concepts such as gifts, pledges, households, campaigns, appeals, events, and memberships.

• Highly organized, discreet, and able to handle confidential donor information.

Deliverables

• SQL-based staging database and documented schema.

• Cleaned and standardized migration-ready datasets.

• Field-mapping/data-dictionary documentation.

• Data-quality and validation report, including unresolved exceptions.

• Recommended import structure for eventual Neon CRM implementation.