Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I uru atu a Grice ki te HM Civil Service hei kaiwhakaako Tere Tere i te 1985, i te wa i uru ai ia ki 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 tumuaki o te Rōpū Ture i te tau 1997, i reira i uru ai ia ki nga mahi ārahi e pa ana ki te ture mo te whakahaere o te Rōpū Ture.
1997 Te pōti whakahekenga o Scotland. 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.