Data Migration Specialist | 6-Month Contract | Start date - early October start

£48,559 per annum | 6-month contract | Mostly Remote | 1 day per month in office | ASAP start

We’re working with a leading UK not-for-profit organisation that is undertaking a major Data, Digital and Technology Transformation Programme. As part of this programme, they are looking for an experienced Data Migration Specialist to join the team on a 6-month contract, providing parental leave cover for a key technical role.

This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on data migration professional to play a central role in a significant CRM transformation, helping ensure that data is accurately extracted, cleansed, transformed and successfully migrated into a new CRM environment.

The role

You’ll act as a key technical contact for data migration activities throughout the contract, working closely with internal teams, external partners and technical stakeholders.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Extracting data from legacy systems using SQL and agreed extraction procedures.

• Analysing source data to identify quality issues, anomalies, gaps and inconsistencies.

• Cleansing, standardising and transforming data in line with approved business rules and mapping specifications.

• Designing and maintaining data mappings, migration documentation, procedures and technical runbooks.

• Creating and maintaining datasets for migration, testing, reconciliation and validation.

• Delivering migration activities across development, test and production environments.

• Supporting the design and execution of migration cutover activities.

• Investigating and categorising data quality issues and ensuring appropriate resolution.

• Reviewing extraction approaches, transformation logic and migration outputs.

• Providing technical guidance and quality assurance to colleagues.

• Tracking and reporting on migration progress, risks, issues and dependencies.

• Acting as a primary technical point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.

What we're looking for

We're particularly interested in candidates with:

• Significant hands-on experience using SQL for complex data extraction and selection.

• Strong knowledge of data migration principles and methodologies.

• Experience working with CRM data, ideally within a non-profit, charity or membership environment.

• Experience designing and implementing complex cross-system data mappings.

• The ability to translate business and data requirements into robust technical data-selection criteria.

• Experience leading or taking ownership of data migration execution.

• Strong understanding of data quality, cleansing, transformation, reconciliation and validation.

• Knowledge of payment processing, particularly Direct Debits and Gift Aid.

Desirable experience

It would be advantageous if you also have:

• Experience working within an Agile delivery environment.

• Experience with Salesforce, particularly Nonprofit Cloud/Agentforce for Nonprofits.

• Knowledge of FinDock and its data model.

• Previous experience within the charity or not-for-profit sector.

• BCS PDMv3 or an equivalent data management/migration qualification.

Contract & working arrangements

Contract: 6 months
Start: Mid-October 2026
Salary: £48,559 per annum equivalent
Working pattern: Mostly remote
Office: Approximately 1 day per month in the office
Availability: Candidates who are immediately available or available to start by mid-October are particularly encouraged to apply.

Why this opportunity?

You'll be joining a high-profile transformation programme at an organisation whose work has a significant social and global impact. The role offers the opportunity to work on a substantial CRM and data transformation, using your technical expertise to improve the quality, accessibility and reliability of data that supports an important mission.

Interested?

If you're an experienced Data Migration Specialist with strong SQL and CRM migration experience and are available for a mid-October start, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now with your CV to receive the application pack and further information about the opportunity.