Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Grice ya shiga HM Civil Service a matsayin mai horar da Fast Stream a shekarar 1985, lokacin da ya dauki matsayi a Ma'aikatar Sufuri. Shekaru biyu bayan haka, ya koma Sashen Kula da Muhalli. A shekarar 1992, an canza shi zuwa Sashen Kula da Muhalli na Ofishin Scotland. Ya kasance shugaban reshen Gidaje da Sabunta Birane tsakanin lokacin da 1995, lokacin da aka nada shi shugaban gudanarwa da canji. An nada shi shugaban kungiyar Kundin Tsarin Mulki a 1997, inda ya shiga cikin ayyukan jagoranci da suka danganci dokoki da kuma shirya zaben raba gardama na Scotland na 1997.
Ka yi haƙuri. An nada shi Daraktan Aiwatar da Dokar Scotland a shekarar 1998 kuma yana da alhakin kafa sabuwar kungiyar Majalisar Scottish.