Systems Data Migration Specialist

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

Job summary

LCI-Lawinger Consulting seeks a detail-oriented contractor to migrate fundraising and constituent data from Raiser's Edge into a SQL staging environment, preparing for Neon CRM import. The engagement runs about 3 months at 10-15 hours per week, with pay of $55-$65 per hour, and is remote or hybrid as needed.

You will design a structured SQL staging database, map core data domains, identify data quality issues, and document transformation rules and migration workflows, collaborating with staff to

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.

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.

Skills

Raiser's Edge

SQL

Neon CRM

Nonprofit data concepts

Data governance

Tools

Neon CRM

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.

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.