Systems Data Migration Specialist

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.