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.
Skills Required
- 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
- Experience with Neon CRM
- Familiarity with nonprofit data concepts such as gifts, pledges, households, campaigns, appeals, events, and memberships
- Ability to handle confidential donor information discreetly
What We Do
For 25 years, Lawinger Consulting, Inc., has provided innovative IT solutions to help our clients thrive • Our clients range from Fortune 500 companies (General Mills, 3M, Lifetouch, Medtronic, State of Minnesota & others) seeking global team partnerships to small businesses requiring inexpensive, low-maintenance solutions. We provide Staffing Services in the following areas: • Managed Services - supporting applications on a wide variety of platforms • Custom Application Development in.NET / Java / Javascript / Ruby on Rails • Business Analysis / Project Management • Quality Assurance / Software Testing - Manual and Automated approaches • Our industries include manufacturing, financial services, government and nonprofits. • Our hardware engineers are experts in configuring systems on Windows, Unix, Linux and mainframe platforms. Why do so many clients work with LCI? • We listen to our clients needs • We analyze their applications and infrastructure to understand their current state • Based on that analysis, we offer creative, effective IT solutions • We understand the importance of cost containment • We approach every client with the intent on building a long-term relationship
