Data Migration Specialist

• Leading end-to-end data migration activities across development, testing, and production environments
• Extracting and analysing data from legacy systems using SQL
• Designing complex cross-system mappings and transformation rules
• Identifying and resolving data quality issues, anomalies, and inconsistencies
• Creating migration datasets, reconciliation reports, and validation processes
• Maintaining migration documentation, technical runbooks, and mapping specifications
• Providing technical guidance and quality assurance support to colleagues and stakeholders
• Supporting migration cutover planning and execution

• Significant experience using SQL for complex data extraction and selection activities
• Strong expertise in data migration principles, methodologies, and best practice
• Experience designing and delivering large-scale cross-system data mappings
• A track record of leading data cleansing, standardisation, and transformation activities
• Experience working with CRM platforms, ideally within the not-for-profit sector
• Knowledge of payment processing, including Direct Debits and Gift Aid

Desirable experience includes Salesforce for Nonprofits, FinDock, Agile delivery environments and recognised data migration certifications.

This is an opportunity to combine your technical expertise with meaningful purpose, ensuring that the data underpinning their work is accurate, accessible, and ready to support their next generation CRM platform. You will be a data professional who enjoys solving complex problems, improving data quality, and delivering successful migration outcomes in challenging environments.

Charity People are thrilled to be supporting a global human rights organisation to find them an interim Data Migration Specialist to play a critical role in delivering one of their most significant data and technology projects in their history.

This charity is part of a global movement campaigning for a world where everyone can enjoy their human rights, live free from fear and be treated with dignity and equality. Independent of governments, political parties and commercial interests, they work alongside communities worldwide to challenge injustice, expose human rights abuses and campaign for meaningful change. Powered by the support of hundreds of thousands of members and supporters, this charity stands up for justice, freedom, and equality wherever they are under threat.

A major digital transformation programme is underway to reshape how the organisation campaigns, engages supporters, raises funds, and delivers its mission globally. As part of the Data, Digital and Technology Transformation team, the role takes ownership of key data migration activities, including extraction, cleansing, transformation, loading, and validation. Acting as a technical lead for migration workstreams, the successful candidate collaborates with colleagues, suppliers, and stakeholders to ensure data quality remains central to decision-making throughout the programme.

This role has a strong benefit of flexible working hours fortnightly. You will be expected to travel to the offices for the first few days for induction and then a minimum of once a month thereafter.