Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I uru atu a Grice ki te HM Civil Service hei ākonga ako tere i te tau 1985, i te wā i whiwhi ai ia i tētahi tūranga i te Tari Whakawhiti. E rua tau i muri mai, ka neke ia ki te Tari Taiao. I te tau 1992, i whakawhitihia ia ki te Tari Taiao o te Tari o Scotland. Ko ia te upoko o te Housing and Urban Regeneration Branch i waenganui i taua wa me te 1995, i te wa i tohua ai ia hei upoko o te whakahaere me te huringa. I tohua ia hei upoko o te Rōpū Ture i te tau 1997, i reira i uru ai ia ki nga mahi rangatira e pa ana ki te ture mo te whakahaere o te 1997 Scottish devolution referendum
He aha? I tohua ia hei Kaiwhakahaere Whakahaere mo te Pire o Scotland i te tau 1998 me te kawenga mo te whakaturanga i te whakahaere hou o te Paremata o Scotland.